Reasons for keeping books

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  • HarryCHHarryCH Shipmate
    I would like to catalog my books and then give away duplicates.
  • I have a small leather-bound prayer book that I have used daily for many years. I have sketched in it and also added prayers to it. However, it is now coming apart. There is no way I would ever give it away. Has anyone ever had a book restored? How do you do that?
    It is out of print, by the way, so I can not replace it.
  • There are bookbinders that will take on that sort of job. I'd do an internet search for one near you.
  • NicoleMRNicoleMR Shipmate
    Doesn't even have to be nearby, it could be done by mail.
  • (As a side question, for those of us with Kindles or e-readers, have you ever had to buy a book digitally because you can't find your physical copy? I have... well, technically, the one I'm thinking of (George MacDonald's Phantastes) was on Project Gutenberg for free, but I did want to reread another book and got it for 2 dollars on my Kindle, even though I know I have multiple copies of it (Screwtape Letters) somewhere in the apartment.)
  • I did that with the exact same book. I needed it for something—book club?—and the paper version is just too slim to locate easily unless you always put books back exactly where you oughtta. Not me…
  • CaissaCaissa Shipmate
    When I can't find my physical copy, I often check out the book from our university's library system.
  • I have various Tarzan books, Alice in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass on my Kobo from Gutenberg despite having them in hardcopy. Mostly for taking on holiday, so that I can fill the space they would take up with other books :mrgreen: Plus some of them the hardcopy lives at the parental abode or is too fragile to take out of a house. I downloaded the Scarlet Pimpernel books from Gutenberg because they're very hard to find (and the library didn't have them any more).

    From my point of view there's no such thing as too many books, it's merely a lack of shelf space. Partially remedied by triple-stacking, and occasional trawls through for stuff I know I don't want to re-read. Having the Liaden and 1632 sets as electronic only also helps with that!
  • There are bookbinders that will take on that sort of job. I'd do an internet search for one near you.

    Thank you I could not remember the name bookbinders. My old mind.
  • I've been having that problem since I was ten...
  • DiomedesDiomedes Shipmate
    Graven Image - It's not just you! I wanted a special book repaired and spent ages searching the local directory for 'bookmaker'. In the UK a bookbinder and a bookmaker have very different skills! Once I found the right person they did an excellent job for a very reasonable fee. I hope you have similar success.
  • There are bookbinders that will take on that sort of job. I'd do an internet search for one near you.

    Thank you I could not remember the name bookbinders. My old mind.
    You might also search for “book restoration,” “book repair” and “bindery.”


  • Wow found one just one town away. Thanks all.
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