Anyone on here ever bought a box of books from Books By The Foot? How was your experience, and what did you get?
If you don't know what it is, it's this company that sends you a box of books for a flat rate: it's $16.99 for genre fiction shit, but you can choose other subjects like 'classics,' and 'sci-fi' for $13 extra. Is this a good idea to spend some pocket money on? $29 + S&H sounds like a pretty good deal for a box that contains ~75 books.
http://www.booksbythefoot.com/shop/pc/Boxed-Books-by-Subject-17p150.htm
What's he going to do when the books start falling off?
That looks like a fire hazard
Sounds fun. The unboxing would make for a good thread.
bump lemme get dat sci fi
>>8728633
>How come this has never been talked about on here, given how frugal some of us are? Are these books they send you, unreadable,or something?
I can't imagine these would be much cheaper than a library sale once you factor in shipping. And you get to choose at a library sale.
>>8728641
I suppose that you do have a point, but the libraries I frequent only have romance novels in their stocks, so I guess it's just a matter of convenience to me. The used bookstores near me overcharge for everything, too.
I might just go ahead and take the plunge, then make a thread about it sometime in the future, for you guys. The not-knowing-what you're-gonna-get aspect of it is pretty enticing.
>>8728589
That picture is giving me anxiety for a reason I can't figure out
It's stressing me the fuck out though what the hell
>>8728749
You're probably claustrophobic.
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>>8728749
Probably because it's a stupid fucking room. How are they going to keep all those books free from dust, spiders, silverfish, etc?
>>8728778
They're not. The books are going to collect moisture rapidly too through condensation and just fall apart. It's also extremely poorly glued and nailed together. They posted a step-by-step "how we did this" on reddit or imgur I don't know the difference but even they thought it was terrible in every respect.
>>8728796
It's one of those instances where you realize that what you're trying to do is a horrible fucking idea, right in the middle of doing it, so he really only had two choices to make: either to stop immediately, and deal with cleaning up, along with what to do with all the mutilated books; or to see it through to the end, and at least get some karma for it (literally and figuratively).
>>8728778
I've only started to collect books recently, and I haven't come across any silverfish, nor spiders. Are these pests really that common with people who have old books? Or is my collection not large enough?
>>8728828
Just make sure the books are stored in somewhere generally dry, out of direct sunlight and always leave a gap of about an inch between the books and the wall. If they're kept flush they trap moisture which makes a living place for bugs.