I recently bought The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction edited by Donald A. These barcodes are difficult to remove and removing them often damages the book or jacket. They stick barcodes directly to the book, often on the spine, or even worse, the dust jacket. There are many book dealers that have no respect for books. You can often get a book for under $5 including shipping, but many of these big dealers use barcodes and aren’t dependable for describing their book’s condition. The key to online book-buying happiness is learning how the books are described and which book dealers are more reputable than others. If you are looking for a specific edition, will list all they have for sale from all over the world. Thousands of used book dealers input their catalog into their database. The trouble with shopping in person is it’s all random. The fun way to collect books is by haunting used bookstores, garage sales, estate sales, friends of the library sales, charity shops, book fairs, conventions, and so on. Now that the trigger warning is given, we can get down to the details of shooting up. You may seek to buy every book by your favorite author, or collect all the books from a specific publisher, or collect all the books with dust jackets from a favorite artist. However, book collecting is about buying books to satisfy a collecting goal. Many people think book collecting is about buying rare first editions as an investment. I’m trying to decide if I can control it, or should I quit now before it gets out of hand. I sense that the desire to buy books in fine condition with dust jackets in equal condition is the beginning of an addiction. I’ve learned I can order about any book I desire through, but sometimes when I open a package I’m disappointed with the used quality of my purchase.
The attraction for specific editions with beautiful dust jackets is turning me into a book collector. In retirement, I’ve wanted to read more out-of-print books, ones I remember from over fifty years ago. Just as I’ve shifted most of my reading to audiobooks and ebooks, I’ve developed an attraction for physical books. And, at age 66, it might be a little late to start. I’ve bought thousands of books but have never really collected them. There’s a difference between a personal library and a book collection. There’s a difference between compulsively buying books and book collecting.
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