Book collecting 21 Articles

by Kirk Jolly

I started collecting books about two years ago. There is a lot of information out there on this hobby, but mostly for professionals who know what they are looking for. I decided to write a very brief beginners guide to b...read more

by Bruno Somerset

As with just about any hobby, there are as many ways to start a book collection as there are collectors. Book collecting is one of the fastest growing hobbies in America, especially in the area of first edition mysteries a...read more

by Megan Burnett

Book collecting can be a hobby for novices and professionals alike. Whether you have five bucks to spend, or fifty thousand, there will be a genre right for you! I am an avid book collector, both of new, vintage, and anti...read more

by Carol Natoli

For some reason, this hobby may not generate a lot of revenue, if you decide to sell some of your books, but who would really want to? If you are a book-lover, you are collecting them for a reason. Books create a passion...read more

by M. Sparga

Books are wonderful to collect because they are intrinsically useful and have the potential to be or become rare. As you build up your collection into a personal library, it provides tasteful and functional decor, plus yo...read more

by Shane Dayton

Antique book collecting is a fantastic hobby. I love the moniker of "book hound," and this interest started for me part out of my own interests, and in part because of my parents. My parents loved antiques, going to esta...read more

by OokamiInu

I'll tell you straight up now, book collecting can be for anyone, especially if you're looking for a good read or for anything really. Personally, the way my book collecting started was first through my love I had for draw...read more

by Laura Lambourne

From one book lover to hopefully hundreds more book lovers alike. Whatever genre you are interested in, whether it be Sci-Fi, Romance, Horror, etc we are all alike in the fact that we love a good read. I personally lov...read more

by Dan Weaver

"I used to taunt my brothers with a song called "Date Due" based on the date due card in the back of library books. Example: "David is a date due, date due, date due. David is a date due all day long." From Gajin Girl's Bl...read more

by Esperanza Montez

I am new to the book collecting circle, but I am sure that collecting old books is one of my favorite hobbies. I started collecting about a year ago and have a very small collection as of today that I hope will continue gr...read more

by Beverly Owens

I didn't start out to be a bibliophile; honestly, that wasn't even a word in my vocabulary. As a young girl from a family of very meager means, one of my favorite places was the library at the school I attended. We didn't...read more

by John Harvey

The first consideration to be given when collecting rare or antique books is the safe keeping and storage. Whilst this may seem obvious, it is essential to consider these few points in order to ensure the longevity and sa...read more

by Guinevere Shepherd

Book collecting is not only fun, it can also be profitable. Just about anybody can buy and sell books. However, learning which ones are really valuable is the real challenge. The only way to know if a book is worth a ...read more

by The Informer

Book Collecting can be a favorite pastime for many. It brings hours of endless fun and knowledge to the collector. There are many branches and ways to collect books, such as rare ones, very old books (Middle Ages throug...read more

by jf

Book collecting is an academic experience if you wish to make a profit. Most book collectors pick a genre.I picked Biology but of the twentieth century.There are no antique or pre-twentieth century volumes of chemistr...read more

by Helen Garda

Collecting books can lead to several very profitable outlets. Starting your own online bookstore or selling them to other used bookstores can make you a lot of money! When collecting books, however, the condition they ar...read more

by Jim Thomason

Building a Library Book By Book For the bibliophile, nothing is more satisfying than a bookcase full of reading material, and collecting books can be as fulfilling as reading them. A c...read more

by Cheryl Brand

I started collecting books about six years ago. I don't know how it started - collecting books exactly - I must have seen a few very interesting books as I toured the yard sales at the time. But since then I have moved a...read more

by The Ghosty Gal

Book collecting is first and foremost an expression of love. Collectors are called bibliophiles, a word made up of two Greek words-biblio, which is the stem of the Greek word for book, and phile, which is the stem of the G...read more

by Joshua Murphy

Book collecting is like listening to the wonderful classical music of Chopin; there is a mysterious exuberance and magnification to what appeals to the senses of the person who holds a book in the hands and as you wonder, ...read more