Digital Packrat
I have a lot of eBooks. In fact, I'd estimate that on my computer, I've got anywhere between 10 to 30 gigabytes worth of pdfs on my computer, not counting any floating around on flash drives, CDs, DVDs, and whatever other portable media I have floating around the house. The majority of these have to deal with RPGs, while some are more esoteric subjects, like how-to blacksmithing books, drawing references, and thesis-level papers on how to grow mushrooms in your own home written entirely in Spanish.
I will, most likely, read about 10% of these books over the course of this computer's run before I decide to reformat everything.
I will likely not delete a single one of these books, even if I have duplicates, just because it's "just nice to have it".
I think this mindset might be connected to my inability to throw away / give away a book. Heck, I've still got a copy of a HOW COMPATIBLE ARE YOU WITH YOUR MATE book that I got as kind of a gag gift one Christmas. This also goes next to a copy of Theater of the Absurd and Sophie's World, two books I have absolutely no interest in whatsoever, and will likely never even open.
Oh, and two copies of Idoru.
I will, most likely, read about 10% of these books over the course of this computer's run before I decide to reformat everything.
I will likely not delete a single one of these books, even if I have duplicates, just because it's "just nice to have it".
I think this mindset might be connected to my inability to throw away / give away a book. Heck, I've still got a copy of a HOW COMPATIBLE ARE YOU WITH YOUR MATE book that I got as kind of a gag gift one Christmas. This also goes next to a copy of Theater of the Absurd and Sophie's World, two books I have absolutely no interest in whatsoever, and will likely never even open.
Oh, and two copies of Idoru.