Write Every Day: Day 27

[the_siobhan]

I live in a pretty small house with two other adults and so storage space is always at a premium. A few years ago I got a Kindle and started converting some of my collection to electronic copies and purging the paper copies. Most of my purchases of new books now are digital.

In ye olden tymes when I was in college, if I wanted to get rid of a stack of books there were several used book stores in town. None of them are in business any more, so this is my current solution. The above is a picture of the Little Free Library on my front lawn. There are dozens of them in this neighbourhood and I am always finding new authors to check out.

Not everything new I buy is digital mind you, nor have I gotten rid of all my hard copies. I still only buy comics in hardcopy. I have some gorgeous pictures books and signed copies that I want to keep. And you will pry my Darwath Trilogy books out of my cold dead hands.

What do you do with old books? Is there still a currency in used books where you live? Do you love or hate e-readers?

Day 27 Tally:
china_shop, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, luzula, shadaras, sanguinity, nafs, sakana17, brainwane, cornerofmadness, phrenk, lferion, yasaman, silveradept, ysilme, alexseanchai, auroracloud, firecat, iberiandoctor

Day 26:
china_shop, badly_knitted, silveradept, sylvanwitch, shadaras, sanguinity, nafs, cornerofmadness, yasaman, lferion, phrenk, sakana17, luzula, saki101, ysilme, auroracloud, firecat, iberiandoctor

Day 25:
china_shop, badly_knitted, shopfront, phrenk, luzula, sylvanwitch, shadaras, brainwane, firecat, nafs, cornerofmadness, sanguinity, alexseanchai, lferion, yasaman, phrenk, sakana17, silveradept, ysilme, auroracloud, iberiandoctor

Day 24:
china_shop, badly_knitted, luzula, , alexseanchai, sylvanwitch, shadaras, nafs, lferion, sakana17, cornerofmadness, yasaman, shopfront, silveradept, brainwane, sanguinity, ysilme, auroracloud, iberiandoctor

Day 23:
china_shop, shopfront, badly_knitted, luzula, anankastick, sylvanwitch, shadaras, alexseanchai, yasaman, nafs, cornerofmadness, lferion, sakana17, phrenk, ysilme, silveradept, sanguinity, auroracloud, iberiandoctor

Day 22:
alexseanchai, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, shadaras, brainwane, sakana17, sanguinity, nafs, phrenk, cornerofmadness, lferion, yasaman, auroracloud, shopfront, luzula, silveradept, ysilme, iberiandoctor

Day 21:
china_shop, alexseanchai, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, shadaras, silveradept, brainwane, lferion, sakana17, nafs, cornerofmadness, yasaman, phrenk, auroracloud, shopfront, firecat, sanguinity, luzula, iberiandoctor, ysilme

Day 20:
china_shop, sylvanwitch, badly_knitted, luzula, alexseanchai, shadaras, nafs, sakana17, cornerofmadness, yasaman, lferion, phrenk, shopfront, firecat, sanguinity, silveradept, auroracloud, iberiandoctor, ysilme

Day 19:
china_shop, ysilme, shopfront, luzula, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, alexseanchai, brainwane, silveradept, cornerofmadness, nafs, sakana17, yasaman, lferion, sanguinity, alexseanchai, phrenk, shadaras, auroracloud, iberiandoctor

Day 18:
china_shop, alexseanchai, badly_knitted, luzula, sylvanwitch, shadaras, brainwane, marvelouscity, nafs, lferion, cornerofmadness, yasaman, sakana17, sanguinity, phrenk, firecat, ysilme, silveradept, auroracloud, iberiandoctor

Day 17:
china_shop, badly_knitted, luzula, sylvanwitch, shadaras, alexseanchai, sanguinity, brainwane, nafs, cornerofmadness, sakana17, yasaman, lferion, marvelouscity, silveradept, phrenk, iberiandoctor, firecat, ysilme, auroracloud

Day 16:
china_shop, badly_knitted, luzula, sylvanwitch, sanguinity, yasaman, brainwane, firecat, nafs, cornerofmadness, lferion, sakana17, phrenk, silveradept, iberiandoctor, shadaras, ysilme, auroracloud

Day 15:
china_shop, alexseanchai, sylvanwitch, badly_knitted, trobadora, luzula, yasaman, sanguinity, shadaras, brainwane, nafs, sakana17, cornerofmadness, phrenk, lferion, silveradept, firecat, iberiandoctor, ysilme, auroracloud

Day 14:
china_shop, ysilme, sylvanwitch, trobadora, badly_knitted, luzula, alexseanchai, shadaras, sanguinity, nafs, brainwane, cornerofmadness, yasaman, lferion, sakana17, phrenk, shopfront,silveradept, firecat, ysilme, auroracloud

Day 13:
china_shop, shopfront, badly_knitted, luzula, shadaras, alexseanchai, sylvanwitch, nafs, cornerofmadness, lferion, yasaman, phrenk, sakana17, silveradept, ysilme, iberiandoctor, trobadora, sanguinity, auroracloud

Day 12:
china_shop, sylvanwitch, shadaras, brainwane, silveradept, alexseanchai, thevetia, yasaman, zulu, sakana17, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, lferion, phrenk, badly_knitted, saki101, ysilme, iberiandoctor, trobadora, luzula, auroracloud

Day 11:
china_shop, firecat, badly_knitted, luzula, sylvanwitch, shadaras, thevetia, sakana17, brainwane, sanguinity, yasaman, cornerofmadness, china_shop, nafs, lferion, saki101, alexseanchai, phrenk, firecat, shopfront, silveradept, zulu, trobadora, ysilme, iberiandoctor, auroracloud

Day 10:
china_shop, badly_knitted, luzula, sylvanwitch, alexseanchai, shadaras, sanguinity, brainwane, nafs, firecat, yasaman, cornerofmadness, sakana17, saki101, lferion, phrenk, auroracloud, iberiandoctor, silveradept, thevetia, trobadora, ysilme

Day 9:
china_shop, shadaras, sylvanwitch, alexseanchai, sanguinity, saki101, nafs, yasaman, cornerofmadness, lferion, sakana17, phrenk, badly_knitted, ysilme, silveradept, solo, carenejeans, auroracloud, iberiandoctor, luzula, brainwane, trobadora

Day 8:
china_shop, sylvanwitch, badly_knitted, luzula, saki101, silveradept, sanguinity, shadaras, thevetia, brainwane, nafs, cornerofmadness, lferion, sakana17, yasaman, phrenk, alexseanchai, firecat, auroracloud, ysilme, solo, carenejeans, iberiandoctor, trobadora

Day 7:
china_shop, shopfront, falkner, badly_knitted, luzula, trobadora, sylvanwitch, shadaras, nafs, brainwane, sanguinity, lferion, yasaman, sakana17, phrenk, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, firecat, saki101, silveradept, auroracloud, ysilme, iberiandoctor

Day 6:
china_shop, ysilme, trobadora, luzula, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, saki101, sanguinity, shadaras, brainwane, nafs, alexseanchai, cornerofmadness, yasaman, lferion, sakana17, phrenk, shopfront, silveradept, iberiandoctor, firecat, solo, carenejeans, auroracloud

Day 5:
china_shop, badly_knitted, luzula, shadaras, sylvanwitch, nafs, sakana17, sanguinity, cornerofmadness, lferion, brainwane, saki101, phrenk, firecat, ysilme, shopfront, yasaman, carenejeans, houseof9cats, thevetia, robadora, silveradept, auroracloud, trobadora

Day 4:
china_shop, shopfront, luzula. alexseanchai, shadaras, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, ysilme, sanguinity, saki101, silveradept, nafs, yasaman, thevetia, sakana17, cornerofmadness, lferion, phrenk, solo, iberiandoctor, firecat, brainwane, carenejeans, yasaman, auroracloud, trobadora

Day 3:
china_shop, alexseanchai, alexcat, sylvanwitch, sakana17, thevetia, nafs, lferion, cornerofmadness, phrenk, solo, badly_knitted, luzula, shadaras, yasaman, brainwane, trobadora, ysilme, sanguinity, silveradept, iberiandoctor, firecat, carenejeans, auroracloud

Day 2:
china_shop, shadaras, falkner, luzula, badly_knitted, alexseanchai, trobadora, saki101, sylvanwitch, brainwane, thevetia, lferion, cornerofmadness, nafs, sakana17, yasaman, solo, phrenk, auroracloud, ysilme, sanguinity, silveradept, alexcat, iberiandoctor, firecat, carenejeans

Day 1:
china_shop, sylvanwitch, luzula, badly_knitted, trobadora, falkner, alexseanchai, silveradept, shadaras, sanguinity, thevetia, nafs, cornerofmadness, lferion, sakana17, alexcat, marvelouscity, saki101, yasaman, solo, auroracloud, phrenk, shopfront, brainwane, dreamwriteremmy, ysilme, , iberiandoctor, firecat, carenejeans

Let me know if I missed your name at any point. And participation is always open, so jump in with a comment any time.

Comments

[sylvanwitch]

I love the little free library movement, and yours is marvelous!

I am an inveterate collector of physical books, but I don’t keep every book that I read, and the discards all go to our local library, which has a huge annual book sale to raise money for its programs.

We are fortunate to also have a favorite used bookstore nearby, but we always end up buying from rather than selling to him. Lol!

Today, before beginning my annual Black Friday LotR tradition, I got 892 words in on the novel. Now, back to Fangorn Forest!

[ouranophobe]

eReaders and I don't tend to get on particularly well, sadly. I wish it were otherwise. We still have some used bookstores in Ann Arbor, but I have no idea yet the true situation in DC... the intercatz suggests there are used bookstores, but that report may be out of date. There used to be a shop locally that I took used books to and they would sell them on commission on, like, eBay, or whatever, but I think they, too, have gone the way of the dodo.

(no tally)

[badly_knitted]

Really not fond of e-readers, or new tech at all right now =(

My unwanted books go to charity shops that sell unwanted items for their charities. I always prefer paper books, and usually paperbacks because they're easier on my weak wrists. I actually injured my wrist once reading a book, I was in bandages for 8 weeks and using my hand was agonising.

I've managed a measly 250 word drabble today because the new version of windows is horrible, MS Office is a torture device designed to make writing anything impossible, and when I saved my little drabble it was stored somewhere I couldn't get at it to put it in my fic folder so I had to copy and paste into a text file. How I'm going to manage to keep up with challenges now I don't know. Right now I feel like just giving up.

[the_siobhan]

Our libraries don't want them - I think they get swamped with donations. I've read that prison libraries will take them, but I haven't checked that out myself.

Well done on your words!

[the_siobhan]

I have the new office suite at work and I 100% agree with you that it's garbage. LibreOffice is free if that's an option.

Well done on your words regardless.

[the_siobhan]

I think there are just too many books out in the wild. We couldn't give away my mothers furniture because all the boomers are downsizing and moving into apartments so there is just too much free stuff out there.

[luzula]

No new writing, but since I finished chapter 9 yesterday, I read it over, did some slight editing, and sent it off to beta. Also I reviewed beta comments on chapter 8.

Hands hurt now, so short comment!

[badly_knitted]

I'd look into that if I had any idea how to download anything onto this stupid device. It won't even let me load my internet security!

I've made a note of the name, just in case anyone can explain to me how to get stuff like that. This mini laptop has the worst software ever devised. Even posting was messed up and took twice as long as it should have.

Thanks, but I'm disappointed because it's below what I needed to write. I have three challenges to write for and two days to do it.

Forgot to say I love the Darwath Trilogy, and quite a few of Hambly's other books too.

I have slightly redeemed myself with a triple drabble written on my old, dying laptop. At least that has MS Works on it and I can use that.

[armiphlage]

For me, it's the other way around. Yesterday I opened up a paperback book for the first time in a year. It shocked me how much my eyes hurt from reading it, and how sore my right wrist is today. It was a rather thick paperback, but I've been spoiled by my lightweight Kobo (which lets me increase the font size so I can rest it on my knee, instead of holding it at the right distance for focusing).

[shadaras]

A hundred or so words today.

[sanguinity]

Maybe 500 words today. I'd hoped for better, but I'll take the 500.


Powell's Books is here in town, so there is in fact a market for used books -- although they won't take anything like everything that you try to sell them. I love my ereader, and mostly use it to access out-of-print public domain stuff: I write mostly historical fandoms, and a LOT of contemporary-to-my-settings writings are available in digital format, where you'd NEVER be able to lay hands on a print copy.

[the_siobhan]

Well done on your progress and I hope you hands feel better soon~

[the_siobhan]

Well done on words!

[the_siobhan]

Wouldn't it be lovely if reference libraries moved all their content to online?

Well done on your words!

[nafs]

Your little free library is so cute! I haven't bought myself a physical book in years, apart from some graphic novels, and I occasionally get books as gifts, but it's all ebooks and often ebooks from the library too.

I have a Sony Reader which I don't use very much anymore because Sony stopped updating its firmware long before they gave up on eReaders so it stopped being able to connect to Overdrive to borrow library books yonks ago and it wasn't even compatible with the wifi at the university. These days I usually use my tablet to read. It organizes my massive library of downloaded fanfic better than the Reader but I do miss the lack of screen glare.

Another alibi sentence again. We'll see if the weekend holds more productivity.

[sakana17]

Day 27: 490 words.

[nimrodiel]

I read anything, print, audiobooks, and ebooks. I have quite a stack of print books registered on bookcrossing.com from other folks. So those tend to go into local Little free libraries. Like you, I have a lot in my neighborhood. The problem I'm running into recently is that most of the ones I drop books in regularly are full most days.

I do love your LFL.

[nimrodiel]

My husband had the first model Sony ereader. He mourns it's firmware death...

[brainwane]

Nov 27th checkin: 428 words.

[cornerofmadness]

ereaders give me blinding headaches and I have found one that isn't so bad but no one should be reading ereaders at night (my usual reading time) because the light messes with the brain chemistry for sleep so I try to keep my night time reading for paper books. I donate a lot of my books to libraries, give them to friends or take them to Half Price books or other used book stores.


I got 3806 words on two Pson stores

[satoyan]

Day 27: 309 nano words.

I got a kindle a few years ago and I adore it. It's so easy on my eyes no matter the situation (no glare, front lighting, text size adjustable, etc), and I love being able to carry around however many books I want. I mostly read in Japanese, so I also regularly use the Japanese-Japanese dictionary to look up and save words I don't know to add to my flashcards later.

[lferion]

Day 27 - 115 words on something drabbleish.

[yasaman]

Day 27: 386 words tonight!

[china_shop]

28th: About 700 words. I finished a flashfic, edited and posted it. :-)

[silveradept]

It would be nice, but there are a lot of things working against libraries being able to do it, and at the top of the list are usually publishers.