Collecting Books and Magazines ..

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I have the habit of never throwing any books or even magazines if I can help it.I have some really old Woman and Home , Illustrated weekly of India and Film India , all passed down to me by my great Aunt who was an avid reader.
The pages are brittle, and I got them all bound together.my children love to go through them ...I cut out interesting pages from magazines and get them bound together before disposing old magazines since it takes up a lot of space, as it is my house is overflowing with books and bound copies ... :cheer:
Also, I never give away any of the novels or books that I buy.However, I see that when people borrow books from you they conveniently forget to return the same or when you ask them, they have forgotten where they have put it...
Books are like legacies that you can pass down to your children ..

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Yes, I too have a habit of collecting old magazines, although I have not collected old books much. I have a small collection of very old magazines, The Indian Housewife, you must know this for sure, published in 70s.

I also have a collection of Saturday Evening Post, issues from decades 1960-70, collected for illustrations by Norman Rockwell and others
I only collect books not magazines. But if something is very interesting in magazine, I keep cutting in a file.
I also collect some old magazines as it is cheap also.
I have the habit of never throwing any books or even magazines if I can help it.I have some really old Woman and Home , Illustrated weekly of India and Film India , all passed down to me by my great Aunt who was an avid reader.
The pages are brittle, and I got them all bound together.my children love to go through them ...I cut out interesting pages from magazines and get them bound together before disposing old magazines since it takes up a lot of space, as it is my house is overflowing with books and bound copies ... :cheer:
Also, I never give away any of the novels or books that I buy.However, I see that when people borrow books from you they conveniently forget to return the same or when you ask them, they have forgotten where they have put it...
Books are like legacies that you can pass down to your children ..



I too have the habit of collecting books. Earlier I used to lend to people whoever asked me. But as you said, many of them would forget to return them, misplace them somewhere or pass it to others without my knowledge and ultimately lose that book. I have lost many books that way. So, nowadays I don't lend books unless I trust that person to return it.
I don't collect books but often put important notes or articles from magazines for quick reference... My father has good habit of collecting books and magazines in various fields.. he even buy lot of books whenever he wants and now our house is almost like a library full of stuff for all ages... :)
I seldom buy books from market. I am more accustomed to internet for all purposes. During govt. service, I used to buy books from market as in those days, there was no computer or internet. On transfer, I would gift all the books to some real book lover or denote to office club library.
collecting books and magazine is a hobby for many people.i also like collecting books and magazine.collecting of books helps us to gain knowledge.specially old books are the antique for me.i collect magazine mainly for the small short stories for collecting pictures.
collecting books and magazine is a hobby for many people.i also like collecting books and magazine.collecting of books helps us to gain knowledge.specially old books are the antique for me.i collect magazine mainly for the small short stories for collecting pictures.

Of course this is a hobby and old story books help us to know about the past.
Yes, I too have a habit of collecting old magazines, although I have not collected old books much. I have a small collection of very old magazines, The Indian Housewife, you must know this for sure, published in 70s.

I also have a collection of Saturday Evening Post, issues from decades 1960-70, collected for illustrations by Norman Rockwell and others


Thats nice ! I too love to go through old magazines with black and white pictures...I also have some very old Agatha Christie books which I bought while I was in UK - 4 for a sterling pound :) ! They were published in the sixties ...
In my school days i use to read lot of books and have stored many books & magazines. After my schooling i cant able to continue as i have no time to read books. :)
I have the habit of never throwing any books or even magazines if I can help it.I have some really old Woman and Home , Illustrated weekly of India and Film India , all passed down to me by my great Aunt who was an avid reader.
The pages are brittle, and I got them all bound together.my children love to go through them ...I cut out interesting pages from magazines and get them bound together before disposing old magazines since it takes up a lot of space, as it is my house is overflowing with books and bound copies ... :cheer:
Also, I never give away any of the novels or books that I buy.However, I see that when people borrow books from you they conveniently forget to return the same or when you ask them, they have forgotten where they have put it...
Books are like legacies that you can pass down to your children ..



I too have the habit of collecting books. Earlier I used to lend to people whoever asked me. But as you said, many of them would forget to return them, misplace them somewhere or pass it to others without my knowledge and ultimately lose that book. I have lost many books that way. So, nowadays I don't lend books unless I trust that person to return it.


Same here jabeen, I too have stopped lending books to anyone these days except my own children and my sister and brother.Sometime back I went to one of my cousins house and saw two of my books there, with my signature in between ,on the pages...
I love to collect Ayurvedam books available in market. I will buy every month so there are lot of books in my house and still collecting them.
I have the habit of never throwing any books or even magazines if I can help it.I have some really old Woman and Home , Illustrated weekly of India and Film India , all passed down to me by my great Aunt who was an avid reader.
The pages are brittle, and I got them all bound together.my children love to go through them ...I cut out interesting pages from magazines and get them bound together before disposing old magazines since it takes up a lot of space, as it is my house is overflowing with books and bound copies ... :cheer:
Also, I never give away any of the novels or books that I buy.However, I see that when people borrow books from you they conveniently forget to return the same or when you ask them, they have forgotten where they have put it...
Books are like legacies that you can pass down to your children ..



I too have the habit of collecting books. Earlier I used to lend to people whoever asked me. But as you said, many of them would forget to return them, misplace them somewhere or pass it to others without my knowledge and ultimately lose that book. I have lost many books that way. So, nowadays I don't lend books unless I trust that person to return it.


Same here jabeen, I too have stopped lending books to anyone these days except my own children and my sister and brother.Sometime back I went to one of my cousins house and saw two of my books there, with my signature in between ,on the pages...


:laugh: I also have stopped lending books to people other than my brother, mother and father-in-law!! I have lost many good books when I was generous with them! :(
I don't buy books whatever i like i use internet to read it.I used to borrow books from people when i was in school/college but i never used to forget to return those books to the owner. :)
Well, I don't used to read books and magazines more, but if it is my interest related, then i go for it sometimes... I like to collect technology related stuffs.
today I found a good collection of magazines from my hidden treasury ... and found many very old magazines... :cheer:
today I found a good collection of magazines from my hidden treasury ... and found many very old magazines... :cheer:


i too love going through old magazines.I have some really old National geographic and Readers digests , also Illustrated weekly of India which came in full size, unseen these days...
I have collected few Novels of Chetan Bhagat, shiv Khera.
As well as i have few books of Competitive Examinations.
Well, I don't used to read books and magazines more, but if it is my interest related, then i go for it sometimes... I like to collect technology related stuffs.


Yes it depends on the interest.Even i don't collect books or magazines as i don't read them. :blink:
I have collected few Novels of Chetan Bhagat, shiv Khera.
As well as i have few books of Competitive Examinations.


Ronak, you are changing your posture each time I come across you :cheer: , I have some of Chetan Bhagats novels,though I dont much like them, however,he is a very intelligent person, knows how to market himself very well

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