Collecting

"Here's the problem. If you donate the otherwise-thrashed book somewhere, someone might read it. OK, maybe that person will read one more book in life but more likely that book will substitute for that person reading some other book instead."

Cowen elaborates on the calculus of when it's a good idea to get rid of a book for the sake of humanity and when it isn't.

If you’re thinking about starting a serious book collection, here are twelve top tips to get you going in the right direction.

The first page from the manuscript Clisson and Eugenie, a love story written by Napoleon Bonaparte, has sold for $35,400 at auction in Paris. Wonder what the other 21 pages are worth.

If a manuscript is only 22 pages long, can it be called a novel?