Ah, that old book smell, the fusted vanilla scent that evokes nostalgic memories of bedtime stories, baked cakes, and childhood dreams. Vintage books are time capsules, a journey into a forgotten past ...

Case Western Reserve University students who have built a collection of 10-50 books based on a theme are encouraged to enter a book collecting contest sponsored by Kelvin Smith Library. Winners are ...

There are readers, and then there are book collectors. You know the ones: Their shelves groan beneath the weight of their printed treasures, and they always have a fascinating find to show off. But ...

Bibliophile Nicolas Basbanes joins host Larry Mantle to share his passion for collecting books, chronicled in Among the Gently Mad: Perspectives and Strategies for the Book-Hunter in the Twenty-First ...

Unlike the many perplexing things about Generation Z, their new-found passion for fine and collectible books is hardly strange at all. As vinyl, film camera s, and even such technological relics as ...

In this age of Kindle and Nook, when used bookstores are rapidly disappearing and real estate is at a record premium, one might assume that the world of rare book collecting should be declining as ...

RADSTOCK, England, Dec. 3 (UPI) --A Guinness Book of World Records fan has secured his own place in the tome by collecting 353 editions of the book from around the world. Martyn Tovey, 57, of Somerset ...

It's a pretty common fantasy among readers, and one you probably have yourself: that dream of one day having the "ideal" library. In these daydreams, it most often resembles Belle's reading room, ...

If you've got unused books in good condition gathering dust, consider donating them to readers in need. The Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services, State Library of ...