So I just obtained the entire collection of Fine Woodworking
Magazines, having kept my eyes open for the past few years. I had
thought of getting the digital collection, but there's something about
being able to sit down in my reading chair and thumb through those old
magazines that just feels....good. I must be getting old - I'm
starting to collect things! I now have the complete Woodsmith,
ShopNotes and the aforementioned FWW. Any other recommendations? I
simply "love" building new shelves on which to store my accumulated
treasures.
JP
*********************************************
<sigh> (of contentment this time)
"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I bought my wife a Kindle from Amazon for Christmas. Any book that you
> buy for the Kindle is archived so even if you delete from the e-reader,
> you can reload it again later at no charge.
I wonder if iTunes does that. After a lapse of several years I
re-installed iTunes but it can no longer find my tunes - previous computer,
previous HD I suspect.
Dave in Houston
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 16:57:57 -0800, "Edward Hennessey"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>> "Edward Hennessey" wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>>> A friend who is a Professor was evicted from his
>>> second-floor
>>> apartment for a structural reason. It seems his book
>>> collection
>>> was damaging the ceiling in the unit below. My guess
>>> would
>>> be he has well over 10,000 volumes now.
>>
>> I knew somebody like that many years ago, most of his
>> apartment was heavy-duty steel shelving full of books, he
>> left himself just enough room to cook, bathe and
>> sleep--the rest was books. I have to question how many of
>> those books he actually read, I suspect a small minority.
>> I guess it's like having chisels still in the package,
>> never used, and still buying more.
>>
>>> When they come up with an e-book reader you can mark
>>> in, that has a place for marginalia and other notes, it
>>> will
>>> be a headline unit.
I'm sure that's on its way.
>> For me the only reason to buy one would be the ability to
>> download pretty much any book in print, when they do that
>> they'll have me as a customer. And I'd want to be able to
>> transfer the book to a storage drive and be able to reload
>> it on the reader again later. I guess I'll be sticking
>> with books for awhile.
>
>Thanks to everyone for the comments on e-reader
>developments. What
>I hope the future holds is a machine that can incorporate
>underlinings, marks
>and notes from a stylus directly into the text--as well as
>allow their later
> local erasure from the saved document if a later reading
>advises that. It's
>been forever since a book has gone by without penciled
>annotations.
I feel that Amazon has shot themselves in the foot by not allowing
your entire library to be bulk-downloaded after a replacement Kindle
has been sent to you, after the third one has died, y'know? But, no.
They want you to remember your list and download each one separately.
Read all the (especially some of the lower-starred) feedback comments
to get the overall tone of acceptance of the Kindlebeast. It's not all
sweetness and light.
>Here's a rather nifty picaissiette bathroom wall treatment
>suggestive of
>bibliomania:
>
>http://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/07/mosaic-library-bathroom/
Scary, all those authors watching over my shoulder in the bath...
--
Life is full of obstacle illusions.
-- Grant Frazier
Dave In Texas wrote:
> "Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> I bought my wife a Kindle from Amazon for Christmas. Any book that
>> you buy for the Kindle is archived so even if you delete from the
>> e-reader, you can reload it again later at no charge.
>
> I wonder if iTunes does that. After a lapse of several years I
> re-installed iTunes but it can no longer find my tunes - previous
> computer, previous HD I suspect.
>
iTunes does keep track of your purchases (rather the apple store does), so
you can reload to a new computer.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
"DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> "Bill" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>> Congratulations on completing your collection. I keep
>> thinking I need to learn how to discard things. My wife
>> and I both like books. I've started placing antique tools
>> in front of the books on the shelves, mine that is.
>> Square footage isn't exactly in great abundance here; you
>> evidently have more. Enjoy!
>
> My wife and I have the same affliction. So we put up a
> bunch of 7' bookcases and discovered all that did was
> absorb all the books scattered around the house and
> concentrate them in one place--but we still had no room
> for new books. So we sold (to used bookshops) or donated
> (to the local library) forty or fifty boxes of books.
> That allowed us a year or two of buying new books, if we
> ignore the twenty or thirty boxes of books we still have
> in storage. I'd consider one of those electronic book
> gadgets, but it seems that few of the books I'd be
> interested in are offered for any of those devices.
> Somebody has a back-breaking job ahead of them when we
> kick the bucket.
A friend who is a Professor was evicted from his
second-floor
apartment for a structural reason. It seems his book
collection
was damaging the ceiling in the unit below. My guess would
be he has well over 10,000 volumes now.
If you have to get the boot, that is a classy reason.
When they come up with an e-book reader you can mark
in, that has a place for marginalia and other notes, it will
be a headline unit.
Regards,
Edward Hennessey
"Edward Hennessey" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Here's a rather nifty picaissiette bathroom wall treatment suggestive of
> bibliomania:
> http://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/07/mosaic-library-bathroom/
That's cool, one-of-a-kind touches like that can really make a house a home.
"Bill" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Congratulations on completing your collection. I keep thinking I need to
> learn how to discard things. My wife and I both like books. I've started
> placing antique tools in front of the books on the shelves, mine that is.
> Square footage isn't exactly in great abundance here; you evidently have
> more. Enjoy!
My wife and I have the same affliction. So we put up a bunch of 7'
bookcases and discovered all that did was absorb all the books scattered
around the house and concentrate them in one place--but we still had no room
for new books. So we sold (to used bookshops) or donated (to the local
library) forty or fifty boxes of books. That allowed us a year or two of
buying new books, if we ignore the twenty or thirty boxes of books we still
have in storage. I'd consider one of those electronic book gadgets, but it
seems that few of the books I'd be interested in are offered for any of
those devices. Somebody has a back-breaking job ahead of them when we kick
the bucket.
"Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>> "Edward Hennessey" wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>>> A friend who is a Professor was evicted from his
>>> second-floor
>>> apartment for a structural reason. It seems his book
>>> collection
>>> was damaging the ceiling in the unit below. My guess
>>> would
>>> be he has well over 10,000 volumes now.
>>
>> I knew somebody like that many years ago, most of his
>> apartment was heavy-duty steel shelving full of books, he
>> left himself just enough room to cook, bathe and
>> sleep--the rest was books. I have to question how many
>> of those books he actually read, I suspect a small
>> minority. I guess it's like having chisels still in the
>> package, never used, and still buying more.
>>
>>> When they come up with an e-book reader you can mark
>>> in, that has a place for marginalia and other notes, it
>>> will
>>> be a headline unit.
>>
>> For me the only reason to buy one would be the ability to
>> download pretty much any book in print, when they do that
>> they'll have me as a customer. And I'd want to be able to
>> transfer the book to a storage drive and be able to
>> reload it on the reader again later. I guess I'll be
>> sticking with books for awhile.
>
> Thanks to everyone for the comments on e-reader
> developments. What
> I hope the future holds is a machine that can incorporate
> underlinings, marks
> and notes from a stylus directly into the text--as well as
> allow their later
> local erasure from the saved document if a later reading
> advises that. It's
> been forever since a book has gone by without penciled
> annotations.
>
> Here's a rather nifty picaissiette bathroom wall treatment
> suggestive of
> bibliomania:
>
> http://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/07/mosaic-library-bathroom/
>
Just a footnote, "picassiette" is also rendered as "pique
aissiette" which
has been translated as "stolen from another's plate",
probably because
broken plates are a fundamental resource in the craft.
Regards,
Edward Hennessey
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> If you have to get the boot, that is a classy reason.
>
> When they come up with an e-book reader you can mark
> in, that has a place for marginalia and other notes, it will
> be a headline unit.
>
When they come up with ebook readers that can be dropped in the bathtub,
flung across a room, dropped off a porch, have a hammer dropped on it,
survive getting somewhat baked in a fire and when falling apart remain
readable, and be readable for the next hundred years or so ....and don't
require batteries..... I'll get one...
Oh yeah, and have first editions appreciate in value.
"Jay Pique" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> So I just obtained the entire collection of Fine Woodworking
> Magazines, having kept my eyes open for the past few years. I had
> thought of getting the digital collection, but there's something about
> being able to sit down in my reading chair and thumb through those old
> magazines that just feels....good.
That's cool, congratulations. I don't know what to do about magazines,
we're about out of room. I've thought of scanning the one or two really
interesting articles in each magazine and putting them in my computer (hard
drive space being cheap these days). But then I'd have to make a database
so I could find the articles when I needed them. That's probably what I'll
have to do though, any more heaps of magazines in this place and the fire
marshal might get involved.
"DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
>
> "Edward Hennessey" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>> A friend who is a Professor was evicted from his second-floor
>> apartment for a structural reason. It seems his book collection
>> was damaging the ceiling in the unit below. My guess would
>> be he has well over 10,000 volumes now.
>
> I knew somebody like that many years ago, most of his apartment was
> heavy-duty steel shelving full of books, he left himself just enough
> room to cook, bathe and sleep--the rest was books. I have to question
> how many of those books he actually read, I suspect a small minority.
> I guess it's like having chisels still in the package, never used, and
> still buying more.
>
>> When they come up with an e-book reader you can mark
>> in, that has a place for marginalia and other notes, it will
>> be a headline unit.
>
> For me the only reason to buy one would be the ability to download
> pretty much any book in print, when they do that they'll have me as a
> customer. And I'd want to be able to transfer the book to a storage
> drive and be able to reload it on the reader again later. I guess
> I'll be sticking with books for awhile.
>
>
I bought my wife a Kindle from Amazon for Christmas. Any book that you
buy for the Kindle is archived so even if you delete from the e-reader,
you can reload it again later at no charge.
On 07 Mar 2011 08:03:30 GMT, Steve <[email protected]> wrote:
>"DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>>
>>
>> "Edward Hennessey" wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>>> A friend who is a Professor was evicted from his second-floor
>>> apartment for a structural reason. It seems his book collection
>>> was damaging the ceiling in the unit below. My guess would
>>> be he has well over 10,000 volumes now.
>>
>> I knew somebody like that many years ago, most of his apartment was
>> heavy-duty steel shelving full of books, he left himself just enough
>> room to cook, bathe and sleep--the rest was books. I have to question
>> how many of those books he actually read, I suspect a small minority.
>> I guess it's like having chisels still in the package, never used, and
>> still buying more.
>>
>>> When they come up with an e-book reader you can mark
>>> in, that has a place for marginalia and other notes, it will
>>> be a headline unit.
>>
>> For me the only reason to buy one would be the ability to download
>> pretty much any book in print, when they do that they'll have me as a
>> customer. And I'd want to be able to transfer the book to a storage
>> drive and be able to reload it on the reader again later. I guess
>> I'll be sticking with books for awhile.
>>
>>
>
>I bought my wife a Kindle from Amazon for Christmas. Any book that you
>buy for the Kindle is archived so even if you delete from the e-reader,
>you can reload it again later at no charge.
I bought my wife a Color Nook for Christmas. They also save the purchased
e-books so it can be reloaded. She had the older model and upgrading was
automatic. I doubt any free books (Project Gutenburg, etc.) are saved or even
savable anywhere, though.
"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Dave In Texas wrote:
>> "Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>> I bought my wife a Kindle from Amazon for Christmas. Any book that
>>> you buy for the Kindle is archived so even if you delete from the
>>> e-reader, you can reload it again later at no charge.
>>
>> I wonder if iTunes does that. After a lapse of several years I
>> re-installed iTunes but it can no longer find my tunes - previous
>> computer, previous HD I suspect.
>>
>
> iTunes does keep track of your purchases (rather the apple store does), so
> you can reload to a new computer.
Super. Gracias.
Dave in Houston
On 3/04/11 7:05 PM, Jay Pique wrote:
> So I just obtained the entire collection of Fine Woodworking
> Magazines, having kept my eyes open for the past few years. I had
> thought of getting the digital collection, but there's something about
> being able to sit down in my reading chair and thumb through those old
> magazines that just feels....good. I must be getting old - I'm
> starting to collect things! I now have the complete Woodsmith,
> ShopNotes and the aforementioned FWW. Any other recommendations? I
> simply "love" building new shelves on which to store my accumulated
> treasures.
> JP
> *********************************************
> <sigh> (of contentment this time)
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=44262&cat=1,46096,46105
--
Froz...
The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.
Jay Pique wrote:
> So I just obtained the entire collection of Fine Woodworking
> Magazines, having kept my eyes open for the past few years. I had
> thought of getting the digital collection, but there's something about
> being able to sit down in my reading chair and thumb through those old
> magazines that just feels....good. I must be getting old - I'm
> starting to collect things! I now have the complete Woodsmith,
> ShopNotes and the aforementioned FWW. Any other recommendations? I
> simply "love" building new shelves on which to store my accumulated
> treasures.
> JP
> *********************************************
> <sigh> (of contentment this time)
Congratulations on completing your collection. I keep thinking I need
to learn how to discard things. My wife and I both like books. I've
started placing antique tools in front of the books on the shelves, mine
that is. Square footage isn't exactly in great abundance here; you
evidently have more. Enjoy!
Bill
On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:04:53 -0800, DGDevin wrote:
> My wife and I have the same affliction. So we put up a bunch of 7'
> bookcases and discovered all that did was absorb all the books scattered
> around the house and concentrate them in one place--but we still had no
> room for new books. So we sold (to used bookshops) or donated (to the
> local library) forty or fifty boxes of books. That allowed us a year or
> two of buying new books, if we ignore the twenty or thirty boxes of
> books we still have in storage.
We live in a double-wide mobile home. There are bookcases everywhere.
We just went to rummage sale this morning and came home with another
dozen. We donate some of ours to the Meals on Wheels book sale some
years, but then we go to the sale and buy others. Then there's my
collection of woodworking and model RR magazines. It's an addiction!
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
Larry Blanchard wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:04:53 -0800, DGDevin wrote:
>
>> My wife and I have the same affliction. So we put up a bunch of 7'
>> bookcases and discovered all that did was absorb all the books scattered
>> around the house and concentrate them in one place--but we still had no
>> room for new books. So we sold (to used bookshops) or donated (to the
>> local library) forty or fifty boxes of books. That allowed us a year or
>> two of buying new books, if we ignore the twenty or thirty boxes of
>> books we still have in storage.
>
> We live in a double-wide mobile home. There are bookcases everywhere.
> We just went to rummage sale this morning and came home with another
> dozen. We donate some of ours to the Meals on Wheels book sale some
> years, but then we go to the sale and buy others. Then there's my
> collection of woodworking and model RR magazines. It's an addiction!
>
Funny how Woodworkers and Model Railroading go hand in hand. Know many
Woodworkers that are Model Railroaders to. I build Steam Locomotives as a
hobby. My latest project "The Challenger"
--
"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
Man. 2010.1 Spring
KDE4.4
2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb
"DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> "Bill" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
>
>> Congratulations on completing your collection. I keep thinking I need to
>> learn how to discard things. My wife and I both like books. I've started
>> placing antique tools in front of the books on the shelves, mine that is.
>> Square footage isn't exactly in great abundance here; you evidently have
>> more. Enjoy!
>
> My wife and I have the same affliction. So we put up a bunch of 7'
> bookcases and discovered all that did was absorb all the books scattered
> around the house and concentrate them in one place--but we still had no
> room for new books.
It's a moderate form of Hoarding. My wife and I both suffer from it. A few
years back we had to move a bunch of stuff into the unfinished attic. We
brought it all back down recently to get rid of some of it and now the
garage/shop is unusable for any purpose. Sigh ...
"Edward Hennessey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>> "Bill" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>>> Congratulations on completing your collection. I keep thinking I need
>>> to learn how to discard things. My wife and I both like books. I've
>>> started placing antique tools in front of the books on the shelves, mine
>>> that is. Square footage isn't exactly in great abundance here; you
>>> evidently have more. Enjoy!
>>
>> My wife and I have the same affliction. So we put up a bunch of 7'
>> bookcases and discovered all that did was absorb all the books scattered
>> around the house and concentrate them in one place--but we still had no
>> room for new books. So we sold (to used bookshops) or donated (to the
>> local library) forty or fifty boxes of books. That allowed us a year or
>> two of buying new books, if we ignore the twenty or thirty boxes of books
>> we still have in storage. I'd consider one of those electronic book
>> gadgets, but it seems that few of the books I'd be interested in are
>> offered for any of those devices. Somebody has a back-breaking job ahead
>> of them when we kick the bucket.
>
> A friend who is a Professor was evicted from his second-floor
> apartment for a structural reason. It seems his book collection
> was damaging the ceiling in the unit below. My guess would
> be he has well over 10,000 volumes now.
>
> If you have to get the boot, that is a classy reason.
>
> When they come up with an e-book reader you can mark
> in, that has a place for marginalia and other notes, it will
> be a headline unit.
>
I believe you can do that now. I Think I can take notes on my Sony.
Regardless, if you Like books, the ebooks are only a replacement for stuff
you might not want to keep and enjoy as a Book.
"Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:04:53 -0800, DGDevin wrote:
>
>> My wife and I have the same affliction. So we put up a bunch of 7'
>> bookcases and discovered all that did was absorb all the books scattered
>> around the house and concentrate them in one place--but we still had no
>> room for new books. So we sold (to used bookshops) or donated (to the
>> local library) forty or fifty boxes of books. That allowed us a year or
>> two of buying new books, if we ignore the twenty or thirty boxes of
>> books we still have in storage.
>
> We live in a double-wide mobile home. There are bookcases everywhere.
> We just went to rummage sale this morning and came home with another
> dozen. We donate some of ours to the Meals on Wheels book sale some
> years, but then we go to the sale and buy others. Then there's my
> collection of woodworking and model RR magazines. It's an addiction!
Model RR mags? Tell me about it! Within the past year I've expanded my
collecting to the UK! Ever read Model Railway Journal or RailModel Digest?
"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Larry Blanchard wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:04:53 -0800, DGDevin wrote:
>>
>>> My wife and I have the same affliction. So we put up a bunch of 7'
>>> bookcases and discovered all that did was absorb all the books scattered
>>> around the house and concentrate them in one place--but we still had no
>>> room for new books. So we sold (to used bookshops) or donated (to the
>>> local library) forty or fifty boxes of books. That allowed us a year or
>>> two of buying new books, if we ignore the twenty or thirty boxes of
>>> books we still have in storage.
>>
>> We live in a double-wide mobile home. There are bookcases everywhere.
>> We just went to rummage sale this morning and came home with another
>> dozen. We donate some of ours to the Meals on Wheels book sale some
>> years, but then we go to the sale and buy others. Then there's my
>> collection of woodworking and model RR magazines. It's an addiction!
>>
> Funny how Woodworkers and Model Railroading go hand in hand. Know many
> Woodworkers that are Model Railroaders to. I build Steam Locomotives as a
> hobby. My latest project "The Challenger"
WOW! A favorite loco.
"DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> "Jay Pique" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> So I just obtained the entire collection of Fine Woodworking
>> Magazines, having kept my eyes open for the past few years. I had
>> thought of getting the digital collection, but there's something about
>> being able to sit down in my reading chair and thumb through those old
>> magazines that just feels....good.
>
> That's cool, congratulations. I don't know what to do about magazines,
> we're about out of room. I've thought of scanning the one or two really
> interesting articles in each magazine and putting them in my computer
> (hard drive space being cheap these days). But then I'd have to make a
> database so I could find the articles when I needed them. That's probably
> what I'll have to do though, any more heaps of magazines in this place and
> the fire marshal might get involved.
Recent local story where a woman was dragged out of a burning house by
neighbors. Several hours later the fire department still had not been able
to penetrate the second floor. Among other things found on the first floor
were a large piano, a motor cycle and several apparently dead appliances.
Then there were the stacks of newspapers and magazines separated by goat
trails. If she had not been near the front door, the neighbors would never
have been able to get her out.
--
Ever wonder why doctors, dentists and lawyers have to Practice so much? Ever
wonder why you let them Practice on You?
"DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> "Edward Hennessey" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>> A friend who is a Professor was evicted from his
>> second-floor
>> apartment for a structural reason. It seems his book
>> collection
>> was damaging the ceiling in the unit below. My guess
>> would
>> be he has well over 10,000 volumes now.
>
> I knew somebody like that many years ago, most of his
> apartment was heavy-duty steel shelving full of books, he
> left himself just enough room to cook, bathe and
> sleep--the rest was books. I have to question how many of
> those books he actually read, I suspect a small minority.
> I guess it's like having chisels still in the package,
> never used, and still buying more.
>
>> When they come up with an e-book reader you can mark
>> in, that has a place for marginalia and other notes, it
>> will
>> be a headline unit.
>
> For me the only reason to buy one would be the ability to
> download pretty much any book in print, when they do that
> they'll have me as a customer. And I'd want to be able to
> transfer the book to a storage drive and be able to reload
> it on the reader again later. I guess I'll be sticking
> with books for awhile.
Thanks to everyone for the comments on e-reader
developments. What
I hope the future holds is a machine that can incorporate
underlinings, marks
and notes from a stylus directly into the text--as well as
allow their later
local erasure from the saved document if a later reading
advises that. It's
been forever since a book has gone by without penciled
annotations.
Here's a rather nifty picaissiette bathroom wall treatment
suggestive of
bibliomania:
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/07/mosaic-library-bathroom/
Regards,
Edward Hennessey
On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 17:38:55 -0800, "Edward Hennessey"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"DGDevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>> "Bill" wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>>> Congratulations on completing your collection. I keep
>>> thinking I need to learn how to discard things. My wife
>>> and I both like books. I've started placing antique tools
>>> in front of the books on the shelves, mine that is.
>>> Square footage isn't exactly in great abundance here; you
>>> evidently have more. Enjoy!
>>
>> My wife and I have the same affliction. So we put up a
>> bunch of 7' bookcases and discovered all that did was
>> absorb all the books scattered around the house and
>> concentrate them in one place--but we still had no room
>> for new books. So we sold (to used bookshops) or donated
>> (to the local library) forty or fifty boxes of books.
>> That allowed us a year or two of buying new books, if we
>> ignore the twenty or thirty boxes of books we still have
>> in storage. I'd consider one of those electronic book
>> gadgets, but it seems that few of the books I'd be
>> interested in are offered for any of those devices.
>> Somebody has a back-breaking job ahead of them when we
>> kick the bucket.
>
>A friend who is a Professor was evicted from his
>second-floor
>apartment for a structural reason. It seems his book
>collection
>was damaging the ceiling in the unit below. My guess would
>be he has well over 10,000 volumes now.
>
>If you have to get the boot, that is a classy reason.
>
>When they come up with an e-book reader you can mark
>in, that has a place for marginalia and other notes, it will
>be a headline unit.
I suspect it won't be long. I mark up PDFs now.
I gave my wife a color Nook for Christmas. She loves the thing.
On 3/6/2011 4:46 AM, Lobby Dosser wrote:
> "Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Larry Blanchard wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:04:53 -0800, DGDevin wrote:
>>>
>>>> My wife and I have the same affliction. So we put up a bunch of 7'
>>>> bookcases and discovered all that did was absorb all the books
>>>> scattered
>>>> around the house and concentrate them in one place--but we still had no
>>>> room for new books. So we sold (to used bookshops) or donated (to the
>>>> local library) forty or fifty boxes of books. That allowed us a year or
>>>> two of buying new books, if we ignore the twenty or thirty boxes of
>>>> books we still have in storage.
>>>
>>> We live in a double-wide mobile home. There are bookcases everywhere.
>>> We just went to rummage sale this morning and came home with another
>>> dozen. We donate some of ours to the Meals on Wheels book sale some
>>> years, but then we go to the sale and buy others. Then there's my
>>> collection of woodworking and model RR magazines. It's an addiction!
>>>
>> Funny how Woodworkers and Model Railroading go hand in hand. Know many
>> Woodworkers that are Model Railroaders to. I build Steam Locomotives as a
>> hobby. My latest project "The Challenger"
>
> WOW! A favorite loco.
You fellow railfans may or may not know there's a couple of newsgroups
for you.
alt.binaries.pictures.rail
alt.binaries.multimedia.rail
great bunch of guys in both groups!
--
Steve Barker
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"Edward Hennessey" wrote in message
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> A friend who is a Professor was evicted from his second-floor
> apartment for a structural reason. It seems his book collection
> was damaging the ceiling in the unit below. My guess would
> be he has well over 10,000 volumes now.
I knew somebody like that many years ago, most of his apartment was
heavy-duty steel shelving full of books, he left himself just enough room to
cook, bathe and sleep--the rest was books. I have to question how many of
those books he actually read, I suspect a small minority. I guess it's like
having chisels still in the package, never used, and still buying more.
> When they come up with an e-book reader you can mark
> in, that has a place for marginalia and other notes, it will
> be a headline unit.
For me the only reason to buy one would be the ability to download pretty
much any book in print, when they do that they'll have me as a customer.
And I'd want to be able to transfer the book to a storage drive and be able
to reload it on the reader again later. I guess I'll be sticking with books
for awhile.