http://thelongestchapter.com/2010/01/17/keep-your-books-salems-lot-stephen-king/ Literary fiction, poetry, first editions, classics... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thelongestchapter.com/2010/01/17/keep-your-books-salems-lot-stephen-king/#comment-163 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:07:35 +0000 http://thelongestchapter.com/?p=3899#comment-163 Yikes!…$700…I cull my shelves regularly because I need the space, keeping collections of books for one reason or another (favorite authors or topics) or keeping individual books that are special to me. But I’m trying to live by “Life is too short to read (i.e., finish) bad books.” — the corollary of which is “Shelf space is too precious to keep books that don’t connect with me.” That means I don’t keep books purely for investment. And it also means — confession — that I keep Readers Digest Condensed volumes that were special to me at one time in my life. (How many collectors are cringing at THAT right now?!) So I guess I’ll never make a fortune off my books, but I’ll always be surrounded by my “book friends.” (Grin.)

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