What causes to keep a copy of a book for your personal library.

Well my standards for keeping a book isn't nearly as strict as yours. If I really really like a book then I'll keep it. It doesn't really have to be one that I adored and I couldn't put down. If I got a book from the library or a friend and I enjoyed it then I'll probably get my own copy sometime. I like buying books new because I'm a fan of supporting my favorite authors, but recently I've done a lot more library runs and used book store runs just cause I don't have any money. I still keep a list of the books that I really enjoy and want a copy of.

Interesting discussion, I have an attachment to some of the books I read but I end up selling them or giving them away as well. They become a burden when I have to move and pay transportation costs for their weight on the plane or to ship them to a new location. Also, when I am low on money I find them a good way to make a little extra, although it's sad to see them go. I never really read the books I keep anyway.

I keep books that are specifically to my childcare business. Ones that are helpfull in raising my children or would help in the ages of the children that I care for. Art books for sure. Then I have a few very old books that I really like the antique look to them. And then books that are very very good that made an impression on me while I was reading them. But for the most part I give them away.

Usually I will ask myself if I have a need to keep it. If so, I will buy it and keep a copy. I love reading, especially computer books involving graphics or programming. Such books takes time to digest, and while I could borrow them from the library, it would be troublesome to keep renewing, and there is a limit to the number of renewals. I know it can end up an expensive hobby, but at least I don't buy many other things...I hope.

Good books are hard to let go, whether for entertainment, educational, or inspirational. There is always that book you don't feel like parting ways with it, keep it. It be referal to some apeaaling fact in your life or ideas of interest. One way or or another, you keep it, you enjoy it at your leisure. You give it away, you are going to miss it one day.

I usually keep most of my books since a lot of the people I normally give hand-me-downs to don't appreciate reading as much as I do, so my personal library is a mess of multiple genres. The books I would never think of giving away would probably be those I have emotional attachments to (i.e. someone special game them to me), those I cried over because they were that good and those that absolutely caught my imagination.

Every so often there is a book that grabs me and I will read it over and over finding new things each time. Some books I feel will be a a classic and be enjoyable for others too.

I throw away a lot of the books I read; either that or I'll keep bits of them I like and throw the rest away. As I'm a Christian, I'll tend to throw away books containing a lot of "dark" material. As to the books i keep, they are usually relatively free of this material. I'm a curious person and I like to read all sorts of things; but I don't keep everything. I have quite a large library though, of select books.

i do noy buy new books ever. if i get a book, my first stop is the library and my second is the used book store. the only reason i would buy a abook is that it was a decorating or craft book that i could reuse over and over again.

I'm somewhat like you, as I do keep books that I have really enjoyed and such. At the same time though, it can still be difficult for me to sell or give away books, because I really do enjoy reading books. I do still try to sell or give away books that I haven't read at all or anything like that. I just feel so comfortable when I reading a book, or looking for a new book to read.

When i really enjoy reading a book is when i want my own copy to keep at home. Being able to read it whenever i want to is inspiring to my world of reading and is something that will make me happy.

I like to keep books. There are some books I have only read once or twice, and some that I will never rid my collection of because they are dear to me. I have some first editions, and I have some books that are so old, they were in the 1800's. However, last month we moved. I lost a lot of storage, as well as my book shelves (they were actually closet shelves built into my walls in my apartment), so now I'm faced with several boxes of books with nowhere to put them. Therefore, I am considering selling (or donating those I don't manage to sell), to alleviate my life of some clutter. It won't stop my enthusiasm for reading, but I admittedly haven't bought a book in quite some time, as I have a book exchange going on with a couple of co-workers and we read them and trade off, and that works pretty well.