Interesting article on Mental Floss:
How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read
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Karavansara 
9 February 2017 at 02:48
Thank you for this great link!
I am an old-time, die-hard, mass market paperback fan. There is nothing better than a book that doesn’t need batteries, you can stuff in your pocket, trade it to friends, and hold it open in one hand while you’re eating lunch at work.
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9 February 2017 at 12:31
The only problem for me is, when you have a few thousands of them (like I do), you start to feel crowded 🙂
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10 February 2017 at 02:00
I have the same problem. When my bookshelf gets crowded, I fill up a bag with old books and donate them to the library. Then I fill up my shelves again with “new” old books that other people had to sell.
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10 February 2017 at 08:51
I tried that – the library of the hamlet where I live responded “we don’t want them, it would be too much work filing them”. Well, now I know I won’t make the same mistake twice. So next time I’ll sell them through eBay or Amazon.
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11 February 2017 at 00:42
Yargh!
(I wish I could go to my job and tell all the customers, “Sorry, it would be too much trouble for me to file your request. So I’m deleting your email instead.”)
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11 February 2017 at 02:56
Yes, it’s pretty weird as a situation – but on the other hand, the local library is open two hours a week, every Saturday 10 am to 12 am.
It’s not like overworking is going to kill them.
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