Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 18:57:34 -0500 (EST)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Bookshelves
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, Elspeth Kovar wrote:

> Mike B. wrote:
>> At 1/9/2008 08:15 AM, Catherine Madigan wrote:
>>> I should describe my design for bookshelves that are three deep and
>>> give easy access to all the books to some rich WSFAn who can afford
>>> to go to Hardwood Artisans for a prototype.  (This is enlightened
>>> self interest as I am assuming the prototype will be more expensive
>>> than future iterations of the shelves).
>>
>> Or some WSFAn who has a woodshop...

Or even some non-WSFAn who has a woodshop.

> Which would be very, very useful.
>
> I _have_ four/five solid Office Depot bookcases, two of them not even put
> together.  They aren't right for squeezing my books into my apartment.
> Meanwhile I _need_ bookcases that fit trade paperbacks.  They don't have
> to look great, they just have to do the job.  And, I dearly hope, not
> cost too much more than the bookcases I'll give in trade.

What size trade paperbacks?  Are you talking height or depth?  That is,
do you need to have them tight to the wall to allow room to move past them,
or to squeeze in as many shelves for the height of the wall as possible?
Do your requirements include solid wood as opposed to IKEA-style glued-up
"wood"?    IKEA had some rather nice shelves a while back.  Is good
quality metal acceptable?

What I need is someone who really wants a whole lot of books.
The local libraries won't access donated books; they go straight to the
"sell this junk" room.  I've seen what the various thrift shops do to
books (grease pencil prices on inside pages, sets deliberately broken),
so I'm not keen on that idea.

=Tamar