Sunday, August 23

A new way to go broke ...

... My absolute favourite punishment at school was helping the Librarian. Yep, they sent ME to the Library to help put those little pockets in the books and such like. I was in heaven, and the fools had no idea! Says rather a lot about the school in question does it not, the library as a punishment?
So, I liked the idea of the personal library kit when I came across it.
However, each kit is for 20 books and it's priced at $20 per kit. That's a dollar a book, more if you take the exchange rate into account, about $1.20(ish) at recent exchange rates.
At that rate I'd be spending thousands, particularly when you consider my entire collection has yet to be LibraryThing-ed.
*wonders if Mr Flare does bulk discounts*

6 comments:

e said...

I for one would like to see a picture of said library!

Ms Brown Mouse said...

E, there's one or 2 over at Flickr.

Pink Granite said...

Hi -
I think it's a clever idea.
And after what happened to my Mom a needed one. She asked after a book she had loaned a neighbor some weeks before. The woman said: "Oh, you wanted that back? I gave it away." without so much as an apology!!!

I bet you could make your own quite easily in Photoshop or the like.

Or Google "Library Supplies" and find things like this:
http://is.gd/2ul2A

;o)
- Lee

Ms Brown Mouse said...

Lee, REALLY?? The absolute Cheek - I only lend books to a trusted few and even they are left in no doubt that I'm not giving them the book.

Cosy said...

I'm with you DMM! I bought these library cards and envelopes (I know!) from etsy here.

And they have lots of other fun papery things.

Carolyn

Ms Brown Mouse said...

Cosy,that site is WAY too tempting.