If you’ve ever shipped or moved a box of books, then chances are you know exactly how this goes: You find heavy duty box, cram it full of books, fold the flaps over, add a label, and call it a day. If it’s light enough to carry around, then surely it’ll be cheap to ship, […]

You feel shelf guilt when you reach for a familiar book, only to remember that you haven’t read this particular volume since last winter. Sure, there it is, perfectly aligned on the shelf, but the issue isn’t simply physical clutter; it’s also the fact that all these stacked up story are locked-up capital in paper […]

At first it was just this idea: give someone stories. And then when you get the bill, it says something else. There are taxes and shipping costs. A hardcover book and wrapping paper cost more then your monthly coffee budget. The issue isn’t that you’re too obsessed with books. The issue is that we all […]

With that in mind, you enter a used bookstore with ten dollars in your pocket, then exit with $8 worth of paperbacks. Great! You got a bargain. But these books may linger on your nightstand for months. Meanwhile, your bank account get hit for your impulsive purchases from elsewhere. When you face the truth about […]