Comments on: Why I Buy Books http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/10/25/why-i-buy-books/ What's hip, what's now, what's tomorrow in the romance genre world. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:26:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Beth http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/10/25/why-i-buy-books/comment-page-1/#comment-13024 Beth Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:14:38 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=778#comment-13024 Hi, My name is Beth and i'm a bookaholic. I too work in a library and write up orders for fiction. I tend to buy the paperbacks that I know the head librarian won't get. Enuff said. LOL My blog title used to be Bookaholic and bibliophile but i recently changed it to Bookaholics anonymous. **RTB staff -- you can remove "bookaholic and Bibliophile" off the Reader Blogs list. I added the Bookaholic Anonymous on there a month or so ago*** Hi, My name is Beth and i’m a bookaholic. I too work in a library and write up orders for fiction. I tend to buy the paperbacks that I know the head librarian won’t get.

Enuff said. LOL

My blog title used to be Bookaholic and bibliophile but i recently changed it to Bookaholics anonymous.

**RTB staff — you can remove “bookaholic and Bibliophile” off the Reader Blogs list. I added the Bookaholic Anonymous on there a month or so ago***

]]> By: Sam http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/10/25/why-i-buy-books/comment-page-1/#comment-13006 Sam Wed, 01 Nov 2006 04:31:10 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=778#comment-13006 I also work in a library and take part in ordering, but would rather buy books. I like to just be able to browse around a bookstore and I would just rather not have the pressure of a due date. Plus at least I know there's a good chance books I buy brand spanking new won't be stained with God knows what or have dead bugs in it. I have tons of books I haven't read yet, but would have more if I lived in a town with a bookstore. It's probably a good thing I can't just go to one anytime. I don't make much, but being single and childless gives me a little extra disposable income to feed my obsession. I also work in a library and take part in ordering, but would rather buy books. I like to just be able to browse around a bookstore and I would just rather not have the pressure of a due date. Plus at least I know there’s a good chance books I buy brand spanking new won’t be stained with God knows what or have dead bugs in it. I have tons of books I haven’t read yet, but would have more if I lived in a town with a bookstore. It’s probably a good thing I can’t just go to one anytime. I don’t make much, but being single and childless gives me a little extra disposable income to feed my obsession.

]]> By: Bernita http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/10/25/why-i-buy-books/comment-page-1/#comment-12974 Bernita Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:19:50 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=778#comment-12974 Ummmm... all three? Ummmm… all three?

]]> By: Kerry D. http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/10/25/why-i-buy-books/comment-page-1/#comment-12868 Kerry D. Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:19:16 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=778#comment-12868 I say that it's because I like to read books in my own time - getting them from the library forces me to read them on their timeline rather than my own. Really though, I think I just like to run my hand possesively over the covers and gloat. I say that it’s because I like to read books in my own time – getting them from the library forces me to read them on their timeline rather than my own.

Really though, I think I just like to run my hand possesively over the covers and gloat.

]]> By: Tempest Knight http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/10/25/why-i-buy-books/comment-page-1/#comment-12837 Tempest Knight Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:18:33 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=778#comment-12837 I buy books simply because I love to read. Reading is my addiction. Since I was a kid, I enjoyed the pleasure of sitting with a book. When I ran out of books, I'd read encyclopedias. :lol: Reading is a way of learning but it's also a way of relaxing. I buy books simply because I love to read. Reading is my addiction. Since I was a kid, I enjoyed the pleasure of sitting with a book. When I ran out of books, I’d read encyclopedias. :lol: Reading is a way of learning but it’s also a way of relaxing.

]]> By: Jean http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/10/25/why-i-buy-books/comment-page-1/#comment-12835 Jean Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:27:14 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=778#comment-12835 Sniff. I'm a bibliofile. And, yes, I do binge-buy. I have several hundred dollars worth of books in my Amazon cart at any given time. Books-A-Million is a mile from my house. I stop there after a trip to Panera (it's across the parking lot) and see what they have. Sometimes I have an agenda. Most times, it's a bonanza of impulse buying. My TBR pile? I'm not sure I can get through it in this lifetime, so I'll be checking into reincarnation and the multiple lives of cats. Oh, wait! I don't have any books about those subjects, let me at that to my list. Sniff. I’m a bibliofile. And, yes, I do binge-buy. I have several hundred dollars worth of books in my Amazon cart at any given time. Books-A-Million is a mile from my house. I stop there after a trip to Panera (it’s across the parking lot) and see what they have. Sometimes I have an agenda. Most times, it’s a bonanza of impulse buying.

My TBR pile? I’m not sure I can get through it in this lifetime, so I’ll be checking into reincarnation and the multiple lives of cats. Oh, wait! I don’t have any books about those subjects, let me at that to my list.

]]> By: Imelda http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/10/25/why-i-buy-books/comment-page-1/#comment-12834 Imelda Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:32:04 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=778#comment-12834 As well as all of the above reasons, I buy books because I hope and intend one day to make a living from other people buying mine! If I didn't buy them, it would be like a cosmetics company owner not wearing lipstick, or a restaurant owner refusing to buy food. Morally, ethically, sensibly, we must contribute to the ecomony we hope to benefit from. Also, just as a reader, I buy so that people can continue to write. If we don't support the little local shop, we can't complain when it shuts. If we don't buy what we like, we can't complain when people stop publishing it. I will never meet most of my favourite authors. I will never write to their publishers. The only way any of them can know that I like their work and want to see more of it is if I buy it! So buy! It's a moral imperative! Here endeth the lesson... As well as all of the above reasons, I buy books because I hope and intend one day to make a living from other people buying mine! If I didn’t buy them, it would be like a cosmetics company owner not wearing lipstick, or a restaurant owner refusing to buy food. Morally, ethically, sensibly, we must contribute to the ecomony we hope to benefit from.

Also, just as a reader, I buy so that people can continue to write. If we don’t support the little local shop, we can’t complain when it shuts. If we don’t buy what we like, we can’t complain when people stop publishing it. I will never meet most of my favourite authors. I will never write to their publishers. The only way any of them can know that I like their work and want to see more of it is if I buy it!

So buy! It’s a moral imperative!

Here endeth the lesson…

]]> By: Lynette Rees http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/10/25/why-i-buy-books/comment-page-1/#comment-12833 Lynette Rees Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:28:23 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=778#comment-12833 ** Lynette stands: "I confess. I'm also a bookaholic!" I spend valuable clothes shopping hours, popping into Waterstones and WHSmiths. I have two, maybe three books on the go at the same time, and I find it hard to get through the day without taking a peek at the latest celebrity biography [currently reading Sharon Osbourne's!] or the latest romantic fiction by my favourite author. I also confess to loving second hand book shops. So as well as enjoying the feel of a brand new virgin book in my hands, I also love the feel and smell of an old book and the wonderment of who might have read the 1960's Penguin copy I have of 'Girl With Green Eyes' by Edna O'Brien. I haven't tried to seek any help for my addiction as yet, but at least I am admitting it: "My name is Lynette Rees and I'm a bookaholic!" ** Lynette stands:

“I confess. I’m also a bookaholic!”

I spend valuable clothes shopping hours, popping into Waterstones and WHSmiths. I have two, maybe three books on the go at the same time, and I find it hard to get through the day without taking a peek at the latest celebrity biography [currently reading Sharon Osbourne's!] or the latest romantic fiction by my favourite author.

I also confess to loving second hand book shops. So as well as enjoying the feel of a brand new virgin book in my hands, I also love the feel and smell of an old book and the wonderment of who might have read the 1960’s Penguin copy I have of ‘Girl With Green Eyes’ by Edna O’Brien.

I haven’t tried to seek any help for my addiction as yet, but at least I am admitting it:

“My name is Lynette Rees and I’m a bookaholic!”

]]> By: pacatrue http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/10/25/why-i-buy-books/comment-page-1/#comment-12832 pacatrue Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:07:49 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=778#comment-12832 Books are how I used to spend my disposable income. My friends were buying HiDef TVs and X-Box 360 and a car. I bought books. I've been cured recently by going back to school and having no disposable income. I think for me books represent dreams of who I could be. I used to buy a lot of non-fiction. I'd buy a book on physics and think of myself as an amateur physicist. I'd buy one about making soap and pretend I was actually going to make my own soap. I'd buy books on Thai food and Japanese food and French food. I'd buy books on how to speak Sanskrit and Norwegian and Mongolian. Every once in a while, I would actually act on my books. I'd bought a book about training to run a marathon, and lo and behold about half a year later there I was crossing the finish line of the Country Music Marathon. With a personal collection of books then, all those dreams of who I might be were always there waiting for me whenever I was ready. If it was finally time to learn how to make a red curry, the book was there. Books represented my potential. Of course, then I moved from a house into a one bedroom apartment and took around 20-25 boxes to the local library to donate since I had no space anymore. C'est la vie. Books are how I used to spend my disposable income. My friends were buying HiDef TVs and X-Box 360 and a car. I bought books. I’ve been cured recently by going back to school and having no disposable income.

I think for me books represent dreams of who I could be. I used to buy a lot of non-fiction. I’d buy a book on physics and think of myself as an amateur physicist. I’d buy one about making soap and pretend I was actually going to make my own soap. I’d buy books on Thai food and Japanese food and French food. I’d buy books on how to speak Sanskrit and Norwegian and Mongolian. Every once in a while, I would actually act on my books. I’d bought a book about training to run a marathon, and lo and behold about half a year later there I was crossing the finish line of the Country Music Marathon.

With a personal collection of books then, all those dreams of who I might be were always there waiting for me whenever I was ready. If it was finally time to learn how to make a red curry, the book was there. Books represented my potential.

Of course, then I moved from a house into a one bedroom apartment and took around 20-25 boxes to the local library to donate since I had no space anymore. C’est la vie.

]]> By: Allison Brennan http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/10/25/why-i-buy-books/comment-page-1/#comment-12831 Allison Brennan Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:44:26 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=778#comment-12831 #3 sounds good to me! I'll use that as my excuse. When my bookshelves were overflowing (double stacked front and back, then on the top) I donated a bunch of books (a couple hundred) to my mom's library and Katrina libraries. I had bare shelves. I was so excited. I am now back to double stacked shelves, and since I have a lot of hardcovers I don't want to get rid of them. So I've decided I need more bookshelves. Unfortunately, we don't have the room for more bookshelves, so we're moving late next year (that's not the only reason we're moving, but it's a good reason!) I like books. So sue me ;) #3 sounds good to me! I’ll use that as my excuse.

When my bookshelves were overflowing (double stacked front and back, then on the top) I donated a bunch of books (a couple hundred) to my mom’s library and Katrina libraries. I had bare shelves. I was so excited.

I am now back to double stacked shelves, and since I have a lot of hardcovers I don’t want to get rid of them. So I’ve decided I need more bookshelves. Unfortunately, we don’t have the room for more bookshelves, so we’re moving late next year (that’s not the only reason we’re moving, but it’s a good reason!)

I like books. So sue me ;)

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