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Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

Good morning booklovers,

if you, like me, have bookshelves stuffed with
#books around your house, then Eva Wiseman has got news for you... they signify more about your life & the society we live in than you thought.

'bookshelf wealth' (a new design trend), is not the innocent amassing of things to read, we may have thought...

@bookstodon@a.gup.pe

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/feb/25/using-books-as-interior-design


ClaraBlackInk
@clarablackink@writing.exchange

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us @bookstodon@a.gup.pe I think there's this weird missing piece in the puzzle, books ARE wealth. Full stop.

They represent genuine riches and enrichment. The main absurdity of a book that is never intended to be read is that it's like having a pile of money you do nothing with. It ends up being just paper.

A large library doesn't have to be constantly thumbed through to have value. Books go out of print & the promise that they can be read is also important. They are available to the curious.