H is for How Can There Be So Many Books?!

ow can there be so many books?!

Some I've all ready read and loved, like The Fault in our Stars by John Green:

 

 I love Tove Jansson, too!

 

 And, of course, Bukowski:

    

 I'm going to have to get this book because of Louis de Bernieres, who wrote the wonderful Birds Without Wings, set in Turkey in the 1920s:

   

 On the other hand, if you need books... Try this map in London:

   

 Or this man in New York City: @erik_kwakkel: "I enjoyed reading this NYT piece about the institutional memory of the Strand bookstore Via @caleb_crain & @sam_sacks"

Speaking of acquiring, here's a book that got away:

    

 Here's a series that I love: 

   

And look! Scholastic helps out: 

   

 And once you've got your books... how about a bookplate?:

 

Do you use bookplates? Have you ever gotten an electronic autograph?