Description: What you need to know about book collecting before getting started.
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Book collecting encompasses a variety of activities related to collecting books of particular interest including seeking, acquiring, organising, storing and caring for a book collection. Collectors of books are typically bibliophiles who don’t only love to read but also love to own books of interest. The most passionate book collectors are often prepared to pay large sums of money to acquire a particular book. Bibliophiles shouldn’t be confused with bookworms who love books for their content and love to rea
Book collecting is distinct from the casual book accumulation for reading in specialisation. Collectors are typically specialised into acquiring books of one or several genres of literature such as comic books, science fiction, poetry, etc., while casual collections usually consist of randomly accumulated books. Besides accumulating only particular genres, book collectors may also accumulate books by other interests such as:
Book collecting is above all about the pleasure and satisfaction that is experienced when owning particular books, similarly as passionate collectors of other items feel about their collections. However, book collecting can also be an investment which is why it very important to understand the art of book collecting including how to identify first editions, determine the condition and other factors that influence a book’s value as well as to store the collection properly to retain the value.