I just signed up for a Pro account and the ‘add print books’ option is incredible. Too incredible, in fact, in that it has me wishing I’d not purchased so many of my commentaries as digital copies.
I know the benefits of digital—but having a book that I’ve really worked through actually represented on my shelf is, for me, akin to what I’d imagine mounting a trophy deer on the wall must feel like for a hunter.
So, I’ve been thinking through ways to display some of my most-used books on my actual book shelf. One idea I’m working through now is designing a custom spine graphic with the title and author that says ‘from the Logos Library of Chris Powers’ or something like that, and then laser cutting it into the spine of a wooden craft book (which you can buy on Etsy, surprisingly). I even thought about cutting a QR code into the ‘cover’ of the book so I could scan it and jump right to the book in my phone or tablet (if such is possible).
Other ideas would be a virtual book shelf that you could walk through in VR…but, that’s for Logos VR, which is a ways off I’m sure ;)
Any thoughts on this, or perhaps other ways you all have helped to make your digital purchases more tangible in the physical world?