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How do you store your books?, So that it's dust-free, easy accessible
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TSbanks
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Oct 3 2009, 04:12 PM, updated 17y ago
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I'm wondering how you guys and girls store your books. As I share my room with my big bro, there's not much space for a real bookshelf, so put my books on a wooden screwed onto the wall. But the bad thing is, there's a a lot of dust, plus it's not long/wide enough for my book collection that I have to put the books in horizontal position to fit in more books. If I want to read the book on the lowest position I have to be careful not to move to much or else the upper books gonna fly down towards me. Anyway, this is how I put my books.  So...how do you put yours?
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SUSicyfawkes
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Oct 3 2009, 09:21 PM
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lol fantasy literature fan eh? for me i have a three tier shelf for em same horizontal like u to save space but do note that open air shelp tends to allow books that are not protected yellow...like my Calvin & Hobbes collections...
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TSbanks
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Oct 4 2009, 02:10 AM
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QUOTE(icyfawkes @ Oct 3 2009, 09:21 PM) lol fantasy literature fan eh? for me i have a three tier shelf for em same horizontal like u to save space but do note that open air shelp tends to allow books that are not protected yellow...like my Calvin & Hobbes collections...  actually I'm a fantasy + game genre fan  see those forgotten realms, warcraft and halo books? I really like reading about their universe if open air makes them go yellow...perhaps I should put them into a cheap plastic container? I'm just wondering if the shelf can stand the weight of book + container lol.....Calvin & Hobbes collections....I only read them on The Star...really funny + naughty boy
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redninja
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Oct 6 2009, 05:05 PM
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Um maybe go Daisho and get those cloth storage boxes with the transparent window to see titles and zippered up. They have them for manga but sure have bigger ones that can fit different book sizes.
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tender
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Oct 6 2009, 06:59 PM
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try those plastic boxes they sell in hypermarts. i store like Banks, and they all turned yellow over the years.
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TSbanks
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Oct 6 2009, 07:15 PM
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QUOTE(redninja @ Oct 6 2009, 05:05 PM) Um maybe go Daisho and get those cloth storage boxes with the transparent window to see titles and zippered up. They have them for manga but sure have bigger ones that can fit different book sizes. Where is this Daisho? I google it up, and it shows me Daisho Food which is at Subang Jaya. QUOTE(tender @ Oct 6 2009, 06:59 PM) try those plastic boxes they sell in hypermarts. i store like Banks, and they all turned yellow over the years. if that's the case I better go and buy a plastic box ASAP! A few of my books are becoming "Yellow Pages" like.
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redninja
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Oct 7 2009, 11:15 AM
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QUOTE(banks @ Oct 6 2009, 07:15 PM) Where is this Daisho? I google it up, and it shows me Daisho Food which is at Subang Jaya. if that's the case I better go and buy a plastic box ASAP! A few of my books are becoming "Yellow Pages" like. I don't think you can prevent it yellowing 100% but it will delay it if stored in covered area. Daisho is in Curve. The escalator at Borders (not in Borders, in front of entrance) go to top floor you'll spot it. This post has been edited by redninja: Oct 7 2009, 11:15 AM
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chamelion
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Oct 7 2009, 11:17 AM
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get bookshelf with glass door.
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redninja
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Oct 7 2009, 11:30 AM
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QUOTE(chamelion @ Oct 7 2009, 11:17 AM) get bookshelf with glass door. Yep is good suggestion. Billy from Ikea is good if you have the space. Dust still does get in though.
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TSbanks
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Oct 7 2009, 06:16 PM
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QUOTE(redninja @ Oct 7 2009, 11:30 AM) Yep is good suggestion. Billy from Ikea is good if you have the space. Dust still does get in though. If I can kick my brother out of the our room, then I might have space for book. Still, I'm gonna check out this Billy. Downloading the IKEA catalogue now.
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ngwinnie
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Oct 8 2009, 11:45 PM
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boxes, lots of boxes
got them from stationary shops
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TSbanks
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Oct 9 2009, 01:37 AM
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QUOTE(ngwinnie @ Oct 8 2009, 11:45 PM) boxes, lots of boxes got them from stationary shops cardboard boxes? seems fragile to me Anyway, I manage to get hold a plastic container that my uncle doesn't want. So here's my new pictures:  stuff it into my wardrobe to save space  next time I get a bigger room I'm gonna a Billy bookcase!
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ray2ray
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Oct 15 2009, 10:59 AM
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QUOTE(banks @ Oct 3 2009, 05:12 PM) I'm wondering how you guys and girls store your books. As I share my room with my big bro, there's not much space for a real bookshelf, so put my books on a wooden screwed onto the wall. But the bad thing is, there's a a lot of dust, plus it's not long/wide enough for my book collection that I have to put the books in horizontal position to fit in more books. If I want to read the book on the lowest position I have to be careful not to move to much or else the upper books gonna fly down towards me. Anyway, this is how I put my books.  So...how do you put yours? a fellow halo book fan i see, +1! ray
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TSbanks
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Oct 15 2009, 04:13 PM
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QUOTE(ray2ray @ Oct 15 2009, 10:59 AM) a fellow halo book fan i see, +1! ray the 1 man army theme sounds cool to me and I like the halo universe too
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strinq
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Oct 15 2009, 04:17 PM
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Hmmm, i have books everywhere lol. Until I get my own house, it's just literally everywhere. I probably need a 2 or 3 bookshelves of at least 3m x 2m to put all my books lol.
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ray2ray
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Oct 15 2009, 04:38 PM
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QUOTE(strinq @ Oct 15 2009, 05:17 PM) Hmmm, i have books everywhere lol. Until I get my own house, it's just literally everywhere. I probably need a 2 or 3 bookshelves of at least 3m x 2m to put all my books lol. i cant keep track anymore. my books are all over the place, stacked & in boxes lol
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Persephone
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Oct 15 2009, 11:36 PM
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ooo..i want the Eisenhorne.
I just bought a 7ft x 3ft cupboard just for books and it is filling up really fast.
I am trying to figure out a way to preserve my books too. An old cupboard (closed up, with mothballs,charcoal bags,humidity container) somehow got infected with mould, turning the books yellow and spotted and covers splotchy. I suspect those are fungi. I was so sad. Now with the new cupboard I am crossing my fingers. I really dont know what to do.
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TSbanks
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Oct 16 2009, 12:39 AM
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QUOTE(Persephone @ Oct 15 2009, 11:36 PM) ooo..i want the Eisenhorne. I just bought a 7ft x 3ft cupboard just for books and it is filling up really fast. I am trying to figure out a way to preserve my books too. An old cupboard (closed up, with mothballs,charcoal bags,humidity container) somehow got infected with mould, turning the books yellow and spotted and covers splotchy. I suspect those are fungi. I was so sad. Now with the new cupboard I am crossing my fingers. I really dont know what to do. haha  I bought it for rm20 during a booksale. A nice read. I'm getting Ravenor after I finish my other books.  Whoa! I guess it's time to make a trip to ikea? How fast you read the books by the way? I read like 1~2 chapters a day before sleeping. OMG...so many protection and the books still turning yellow  I think I'm gonna cross my fingers with the plastic container too.
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Persephone
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Oct 16 2009, 01:10 AM
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Not as much books as strinq. 3 each x 3m x 2m are a heck of a lot of books.
Dont know whether anyone has problems like me. think it's Msia humidity that kills the books fast.
oooo...I want cheap Eisenhorne. Which warehouse sale? I just got Darkblade and Gaunt's Ghosts: The Saint omnibus for RM 15 each. It was a very very lucky find as there was only one each in the whole warehouse and I went back 3 times.
I go thru about 4 books a month. But I have some really bad reading habits. It's hard to describe. Basically I start a book where it fell open. Sometimes I start in the middle
This post has been edited by Persephone: Oct 16 2009, 01:28 AM
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