If you have maxed out the storage space in your home and your book collection is overflowing, you may come to a point where you have no choice except to prune your collection or start storing the overflow in an attic or other less-than-ideal space. While attic storage is not recommended, there are ways to …
Angel
If you love books and try diligently to take care of them, it can be distressing to find that the pages of some of your classic collectibles no longer look pristine. You find you are downgrading their condition from good to fair, just because of the brown spots (also called foxing), yellowing, or browning over …
Any book lover probably has a collection of books of varying ages and conditions. Maintaining old books in good condition will require knowledge of some basic facts about paper, bindings, and environmental factors such as relative humidity, temperature, lighting, and insects. Other factors include position, support of the spine, and weight. Keeping old books in …
For someone who likes to read, receiving a book as a gift is a thoughtful and intelligent gesture. Even if you can’t get together because of busy lives, the connection with a friend or family member can be strengthened through shared interests in a book. Selecting a book as a gift depends on knowing enough …
If you have placed some of your favorite books from a decade ago on the shelf and picked one of them up to reread a favorite passage, you may notice that the pages are no longer white, but have turned an unattractive yellow or even brownish color. Since these are books that were in very …
Saving money without giving up some or all of the things which are enjoyable to us may mean doing some research, or following suggestions available on the internet. Listening to audiobooks is a form of enjoyment to those who love books, but can’t take the time to sit down and focus on a printed book. …
The growing popularity of audiobooks is due in part to their portability, ease of access, and growing inventory of available titles, including best sellers, fiction, and nonfiction. If you already have a smartphone, listening to audiobooks on your smartphone is the most common method. For those who don’t have a smartphone, there are several viable …
For any serious book lover or book collector, there is rarely enough room in a residence to store all of the books that have been picked up over the years. Yet, a visit to an estate sale, the bookstore, or the online used, rare, and out-of-print dealer often results in more volumes to find a …
Over time, the rules about borrowing the ideas of another person have changed. This also varies from one country to another. When creating books, papers, or other written materials it is important to be aware of the legal requirements to avoid running afoul of the law. In today’s legal-minded society, using exact quotes, plot twists, …
There are many ways to enjoy various types of media–printed books have been joined by audiobooks and ebooks, and recorded music on CD has been largely supplanted by streaming services. For years, CDs were commonplace for music, computer programs to install, and even file storage, but today many computers don’t come with internal CD drives. …