: Scan them and bin them. But make sure you back up the files to a computer
: or disc in another building, then you will still have them if the house
: burns, which wouldn't have been the case with paper...

: Bill: You actually counted the books you own? You need a hobby.

: I used to have a card index not only for the books I owned, but for all
: the ones I had read from the library (to make sure I didn't buy books I'd
: already read). The hobby I need, but don't now have time for, is to turn
: that card index into a computer database and free up some cupboard space.

: I haven't counted my books, but a quick look round shows 52 metres of shelf
: space in the house occupied by books, not including ring binders, magazines,
: four deep drawers and one large nine-drawer map case of maps and charts...
: This is after I've been scanning and purging stuff for several years :-(
: Some of the shelves are two-deep in books, and there are certainly some
: in boxes and cupboards as well. At a rough estimate of 2.5 cm thickness per
: book that must be well over 2000 books - all read, some thumbed almost to
: the point of falling apart (that includes two copies of "The Strip-built
: Sea Kayak":)

: We have a bookshelf in the downstairs toilet which, like a large chunk of
: the shelving in my office, is one book-height below the ceiling. There's
: ALWAYS room for another bookshelf somewhere, even if you have then to find
: cupboard space for a ladder to reach it...

: Andy

I've got 54 feet of bookshelves upstairs that are nearing being full. When I get all the boxes unpacked will be full.

Catalog them? you guys are far too organized .

Bill H.