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I have 10 physical books. I'm a pretty book lover
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I have 3 fully stacked bookcases in my living room alone, dread to count my ebooks also 😂
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I have about 250 print books and another 200 digital books. When I moved overseas from the States, I had to give up at least that many. That was a sad, sad day.
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Post by amyv98 »

I'd like to think I own somewhere between 200-300 books, as I have a giant bookshelf in my room with around two rows of books per shelf, and around twenty books in each row. At this point I can no longer fit new books in the shelves though, so I usually end up leaving them littered around the house once I finish them. I don't have ebooks as of yet because I definitely prefer the physical books, but can't wait to start downloading some of the books recommended to me on here.
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Post by JoeyG01 »

Once I've read a book, I usually give it to a friend or take it to the local used bookstore and donate it there. I probably own about 10 books. I don't see the point of keeping a book which I don't intend to read again
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Post by J P »

I had to count them all a couple of months ago and I had upwards of 2000.
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I have now past 900 books
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The last time I counted I have about 300 or so books. I'm hoping I'll have more and build a small library 😊
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I don't have any anymore, aside from the two I have on my Kindle from reviewing here, but no physical copies.

All of my books I left at my mom's, and we on and off talk, long story, so I don't ever really intend on taking my books back. I just need to establish a new collection.

Also growing up I mostly just went to the library. I never really had a lot of books of my own.
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I have too many physical books. My husband and I are in the process of moving now, and there are so many boxes and bags of books! Thank goodness for e-readers!
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Post by Taekwondoqueen »

Over 100, maybe even over 200. There is a small room in my house dedicated entirely to books. It is called my bedroom.
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Around 300 books but the only thing available to me as fictional is around a hundred.
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In soft copy I have 637 in hard copy about 30. There countless that people borrow and don't return.
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My current digital library is over 4gb, while my physical one has... Let me just say that I have a lot of books.
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Post by Kareka88 »

According to Amazon, I own 581 e-books. I have at least double that in physical books (1000). I have about 100 audiobooks. So, I guess I own approximately 1600 "books" at this moment in time.
And I know that I've given away at least twice that number throughout the years if not more. (I usually donate to the public library, mostly due to space issues).
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