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TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

 

 

A BIBLIOPHILE is a book dealer

A BIBLIOTAPH is somebody who hides or hoards books, possibly under lock and key

A BIBLIOCAST is a collector of booksand treasures them for their value, beauty or content

A BIBLIOMANIC is nuts

A BIBLIOBONKERSCONKERS is a more extreme version

BIBLIOPOLY is bookselling by large global chains (or a famous board game based on the book trade)

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“But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading.” – Elizabeth von Arnim

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“People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.” – Saul Bellow

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“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” – C.S. Lewis

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“I do things like get in a taxi and say, “The library, and step on it.” – David Foster Wallace

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