General omnibus & hardcover discussion vol. II

[slop101]

Baby coming in about 6 months, need to pare down my Omni/Absolutes from 3 "billy" bookshelves to about 1 (maybe 2) to make room.

Advice?

[kodave]

Baby coming in about 6 months, need to pare down my Omni/Absolutes from 3 "billy" bookshelves to about 1 (maybe 2) to make room.

Advice?

Change out the Billy for a Kallax. With Kallax you can put books two deep on each shelf. That will at least solve some space issues.

Otherwise, start figuring out what books to sell.

[JPAR]

Baby coming in about 6 months, need to pare down my Omni/Absolutes from 3 "billy" bookshelves to about 1 (maybe 2) to make room.

Advice?

Congrats!

To create space the Kallax is a good option. I use them too. Books go two deep like Kodave said. I don't know if you've got the space for deeper bookshelves? If you don't want to sell maybe you can store them?

[Captain Craig]

Your mancave is becoming the nursery it seems? Or selling books for diapers & formula?

[Enigma]

Change out the Billy for a Kallax. With Kallax you can put books two deep on each shelf. That will at least solve some space issues.

Otherwise, start figuring out what books to sell.

I initially read that as 'Change the baby out for a Kallax'.

Congrats slop101!

[newparisian]

Are the Billy shelves as strong as the kallax? Because I'm looking on Ikea's website and I really like that Billy has glass doors (to keep out dust and such).

[JPAR]

Are the Billy shelves as strong as the kallax? Because I'm looking on Ikea's website and I really like that Billy has glass doors (to keep out dust and such).

You can place doors in the Kallax too.

[newparisian]

You can place doors in the Kallax too.

You mean there's a version of kallax that comes with doors, or i can buy my own doors and graft them on? Being a lazy SOB, the former option sounds a lot more appealing

[JPAR]

You mean there's a version of kallax that comes with doors, or i can buy my own doors and graft them on? Being a lazy SOB, the former option sounds a lot more appealing

Haha. Like this https://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/images/pr...e804545_s5.jpg

[newparisian]

Haha. Like this https://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/images/pr...e804545_s5.jpg

But that looks like a cabinet with drawers rather than a bookcase.

Direct link to product page?

Sorry to be dense. I'm not a DIY guy at all.

[JPAR]

But that looks like a cabinet with drawers rather than a bookcase.

Direct link to product page?

Sorry to be dense. I'm not a DIY guy at all.

https://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/search/pr...kallax%20inzet

[Captain Craig]

I recently got the Complete Witchblade Hardcover vol.2. Even though it is standard size I like the look of the book.
However, volume 1 which only came out last September is already OOP.

Were the HC's a lower print run, does anyone know? Finding one is tough. Not on Ebay and third party Amazon dealers want x2 MSRP already.
Reprint hopes?

[newparisian]

https://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/search/pr...kallax%20inzet

Thank you much.

But in general you're saying the Billy is not as strong as the kallax for storing omnis?

[newparisian]

I recently got the Complete Witchblade Hardcover vol.2. Even though it is standard size I like the look of the book.
However, volume 1 which only came out last September is already OOP.

Were the HC's a lower print run, does anyone know? Finding one is tough. Not on Ebay and third party Amazon dealers want x2 MSRP already.
Reprint hopes?

I opted for the softcover versions. But I do hope they come back in print for those that missed them out.

After Turner leaves the book is frankly forgettable until Marz takes over with Choi and then Sejic. I hope we get thick collections of that era.

Whatever happened to Mike Choi anyways? After Mind the Gap he just disappeared.

[JPAR]

Thank you much.

But in general you're saying the Billy is not as strong as the kallax for storing omnis?

I can stock more in the Kallax. The Billy tends to bend in the middle if it's to heavy.