I have a large library by most normal standards. Seemingly I've arranged my life in order to acquire as many books as possible. I worked for three years right out of college in a large secondhand bookstore -- where I was, all by myself, the paperback department -- then for a literary review where I raided the mailbag on a daily basis. Over the decades I've spent a lot of my free time in book barns and flea markets and charity bazaars and estate sales. I review books, and sometimes have served as a judge for literary awards, and now and then have books sent to me speculatively by publishers and occasionally authors. And...