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I’m sure it’s at least 1000. I have so many in storage since I live in a tiny condo. This is the only upside to my kindle! I can have sooooo many on there and they don’t take up any room. Some day I will have a larger house and the goal is a library.
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Only God knows! :D :wink:
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Post by Halima Lawan »

I think I own over 1000 books (not completely sure). I have over 600 on my Kobo and some on my ipad. But I would love to own most of them as books not ebooks. At the moment ebooks are more convenient.
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Post by Reading-Always »

I counted my books and I can honestly say that I have 302 on the shelves in my room and even more in storage
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Post by Reynaa »

I haven't counted but I only have about 50 physical copies of books. I had to get rid of probably another 50 for a cross country move! It was tough.
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Lots, I haven't counted them but I had a full floor to ceiling wall to wall bookcase in my previous house, still unpacking boxes @ my new address.
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I have around 120 on my bookshelf and less than 30 in paperback. Now e-books are a different story ;-)
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Probably about 300. Might be more. I try to keep the numbers down by donating the older ones to the library.
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Post by AngeliaY »

I have no idea, at least 500
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Two hundred plus. I have several friends that we trade books back and forth all the time. We both are always buying from second hand bookstores and our count of books varies.
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Post by HeatherEi »

I haven't counted but I think I own somewhere between 150 and 200.
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I think about 600 or so... yikes
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You're all inspiring me to go and count my collection! I think I'm somewhere around 150. I had to downsize a lot last time I moved, and now I rent or check out books from online libraries instead of buying them to save space. It's not the same when you can't smell them though...
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Post by Stephanie Runyon »

I used to own a lot of books but due to a domestic violence issue I was forced to leave my home with what I could carry for the safety of my children and myself. I currently only own 3 books but I intend on rebuilding my collection of books and continue to encourage my children to read with our weekly trips to a library.
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Post by Sw33tSmiles69 »

I have a couple dozen at home. Maybe a dozen or so online.
I Get in trouble if I even look at the books. :shhh: Lol :D
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