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I live in Belgium, and have a fairly huge library at home. | I live in Belgium, and have a fairly huge library at home. | ||
The hobby of collecting (and reading them) was inactive, sort of, for almost 14 years. | The hobby of collecting (and reading them) was inactive, sort of, for almost 14 years. | ||
| − | Couple years ago, while trying to figure out what I | + | Couple years ago, though, while trying to figure out what I needed to fill the missing pieces to about 9,800 largely 'neglected' books or titles, I got back to collecting. |
In those couple years, I started to use public information as found at isbd and other sites, so as to not have too many doubles bought for the wrong reason. | In those couple years, I started to use public information as found at isbd and other sites, so as to not have too many doubles bought for the wrong reason. | ||
| − | Back then, I used Tuck (3 vols), Nichols (1st and revised), Grant thiessen's collector, and contento | + | Back then, I used Tuck (3 vols), Nichols (1st and revised), Grant thiessen's collector, and Brad Day and Davis Day, and contento (full series up till 94). |
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That may paint me as a serious collector. I had contributed to Stephenson's (I had many of those.. Tossed them out I am NOW sorry to admit) | That may paint me as a serious collector. I had contributed to Stephenson's (I had many of those.. Tossed them out I am NOW sorry to admit) | ||
| − | + | I no longer use Contento hard copy, and have offered them to be given to a moderator at this siten for the cost of shipping. | |
| − | Every time I look up a publication I have no information on, and find no detail here | + | |
| + | What it amounts to, is this. | ||
| + | Every time I look up a publication I have no information on, and find no detail here nor yonder on www, I stand a chance of buying a reprint of something I already had. | ||
Hence, I started to give back to a site that gave. | Hence, I started to give back to a site that gave. | ||
Revision as of 13:42, 29 November 2011
I was christened Jaak in '56 and go by it with pride. I live in Belgium, and have a fairly huge library at home. The hobby of collecting (and reading them) was inactive, sort of, for almost 14 years. Couple years ago, though, while trying to figure out what I needed to fill the missing pieces to about 9,800 largely 'neglected' books or titles, I got back to collecting. In those couple years, I started to use public information as found at isbd and other sites, so as to not have too many doubles bought for the wrong reason. Back then, I used Tuck (3 vols), Nichols (1st and revised), Grant thiessen's collector, and Brad Day and Davis Day, and contento (full series up till 94).
That may paint me as a serious collector. I had contributed to Stephenson's (I had many of those.. Tossed them out I am NOW sorry to admit) I no longer use Contento hard copy, and have offered them to be given to a moderator at this siten for the cost of shipping.
What it amounts to, is this. Every time I look up a publication I have no information on, and find no detail here nor yonder on www, I stand a chance of buying a reprint of something I already had. Hence, I started to give back to a site that gave.
Just like I did in that other hobby I had. "help us help you" was my battlecry 'byline' under my avatar in many computer forae. Well, think about it. I have undocumented books in the genre (e.g. I know it is a collection, but the stories it contains are not here, yet..) it takes me time to get the info out off the book, and later on I can paste it into my personal database/excell app. (and, by the way, that means less work... If I enter it in my data, it don't have the extra fields correctly assessed.) Blame it on my Flemishness.