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I resemble this problem. More to the point: if you write, publishers will insist on sending you books -- review copies, stuff to cover blurb, multiple copies o

by cstross 17y ago

I resemble this problem. More to the point: if you write, publishers will insist on sending you books -- review copies, stuff to cover blurb, multiple copies of your own publications. They mount up. Then there's the stuff you read for your own pleasure. And the books you buy for research on specific projects and dip into. And the stuff you buy because you might write about that topic, next year maybe, and don't get around to reading. (At least Amazon.com has relieved that particular pressure! Now I can afford to just jot down an ISBN and move on.) And, and ... Damn, I need to go order another eight bookcases. Wonder where I'm going to put them?

Luc 17y ago
In the middle of the room. Or on top of another one, like I'm doing. My particular problem is having hundreds of books in my Amazon shopping cart. When I finally NEED to order a book, I first get to hem and haw over dozens of books whether I should order them or put them in the oubliette (also known as 'wish list').