The Home Forum column for July 12-19, 2021 has my piece on used books https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/The-Home-Forum/2021/0712/Buoyed-by-an-ever-evolving-ocean-of-used-books
The Home Forum column for July 12-19, 2021 has my piece on used books https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/The-Home-Forum/2021/0712/Buoyed-by-an-ever-evolving-ocean-of-used-books
Robert Boucheron 
What a lovely piece! As a retired librarian, I really enjoyed your musings on books, both as physical objects and for their content. I do notice that for me, getting rid of books is much more difficult that it seems to be for you– maybe I need to remember that hopefully someone else will give them a happy home?!
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I have done a few purges; still buy books new but am leaning more and more to used books. I moved from NYC to CT 15 years ago and still have not opened 4 cartons of books. I recognize that they should be given away if in 15 years I never felt the urge to see them again. However, my extensive bookshelves are chock full. This article echoes my own feelings about books in general.
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