[Dogrobber]

I have 3500 paperback sci-fi books collected by my brother and I over the last 50 years. If I could scan them all and convert them to e-books I would, just to save space. I figure that I need 300 linear feet of shelf space to put them all out where I can see them. I have only 1/4 to 1/3 out of storage.

And still, I can't get rid of a single one.

[CaptRon]

I've been thinking of experimenting with that. You could get them all on a few memory cards, hold them up and say 'Let me show you my library of sci-fi books"!

[Publius6961]

Well, shoot...
This would be a good time to ask.
Does anyone know if there is a collection of the works of Robert Heinlein in hardcover?

[Rte66]

Paperbacks are important! When you have to move or pack your "real books" into book boxes, the little ones fit in the nooks and crannies and make the boxes much lighter than they would be with all "real books."

Have you tried "ceiling shelves"? I loved mine. You can buy them at Ikea. They're like 5-6" wide and 6 or 8' long. You put them just above the door frames or about paperback heighth from the ceiling (assuming we're not talking about a cathedral ceiling here). They can go all around the room and you never even notice they're there--nobody else does, either.