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There comes a time when one must admit that one does not need to own every book in the whole world.  When the books are shoved sideways on top of paperbacks that are already two rows deep, well, it is time for some serious soul searching.  And a thinning of the library.

First to go are the books where somehow I have an ARC, a hardback and then a paperback.  Hardback stays, the other two can fly.  Then there are the books I...