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[jazzfish]

Out of respect for the people who requested I not taunt them when I get new books, I will instead taunt you with my old ones.

33: Number of bankers' boxes (703 style) it takes to hold my books.
14: Number of bankers' boxes of books still untouched after last night.
10: Number of bankers' boxes of books being Saved 'Til Later (nonfiction, bad/missing ISBN barcode, mass-market paperback, etc)
9: Number of bankers' boxes of books (fiction) put on shelves by me after being scanned in by the redoubtable uilos.
4: Number of times I will use the phrase "bankers' boxes of books" in this post.

365: Number of books contained in those nine boxes. (Number probably somewhat higher, thanks to Vertigo/DC's irritating habit of putting UPCs instead of ISBNs on their graphic novels until just recently.)
25: Approximate number of shelf-feet that those books occupy.
25: Exact number of US dollars required to purchase a lifetime membership with LibraryThing, wherein those 365 books are now available for ogling.

Many thanks to vt_andros for providing me with a :CueCat two or three years ago, jonny_law for the PS/2-to-USB adapter that works wonderfully with the :CueCat, and of course uilos and her laptop for a delightful evening spent scanning and processing barcodes.

Comments

[ndkid.livejournal.com]

I count five uses of the phrase "bankers' boxes of books"; I think it's only fair to count the one in the use count, as well.

[fishy1.livejournal.com]

Isn't the ISBN (also)in the copyright info in the front of the book? (near the library of congress stuff)

may have to investigate this "library thing" if scraun hasn't already. i need to be able to track books of ours that are 'checked out' by friends.

[fishy1.livejournal.com]

oops. that was supposed to be scraun23.

[currentlee.livejournal.com]

i totally need to get on library thing.
d'you think it does graphic novels?
or combined collections with specifications as to what belongs to whom?

[platypusgirl.livejournal.com]

"for a delightful evening spent scanning and processing barcodes."
not everyone can use that phrase and actually mean it.