Many careful considerations are made before a book collector actually purchases a book. A book collector acquires books in a very intentional and organized way. But it is important to note that book collecting (or collecting anything of value, actually) is not the same thing as hoarding. If you happen to Google disposophobia you will find that it is considered a synonym for hoarding disorder. The word bibliodisposophobia is formed from the Greek word-forming element biblio- (meaning “related to books”), the Old French verb disposer (meaning “to arrange, to order) that is, in turn, from the Latin verb disponere (meaning “to arrange, to distribute”) and the Greek word-forming element -phobia (meaning “panic fear of”). Interestingly, there is no formal term for this however, there should be! Atkins Bookshelf submits a new word for your thoughtful consideration: bibliodisposophobia - defined as the fear of losing books or the inability to discard books. When most bibliophiles attempt to weed their collection of books they encounter the ingrained unwillingness, no - the inability to get rid of a single precious book.
As any bibliophile fully knows, the KonMari Method of decluttering a bookshelf, introduced by Marie Kondo in her book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (2014), is absolutely useless: of course every book sparks joy! Books not only spark joy, they spark critical thinking, new ideas, connections with other books and ideas, deep feelings (like empathy), as well as serving as markers on an intellectual journey. While librarians can use certain metrics to make a decision about what books to weed out (the frequency that a book is checked out, last time the book was checked out, etc.), a bibliophile does not have metrics to fall on because he or she has an emotional and intellectual connection to each book. You cannot put off the inevitable - it is time to do what many librarians are required to do: deaccession, the formal term for culling or weeding out books. You have been in denial as book piles begin forming around the bookcases, spilling into other rooms, with every nook and cranny becoming a clever place to store books. If you are a serious book lover you have probably encountered this predicament: the bookshelves in your bookcases are sagging under the weight of so many books and you just came home with another stack of books from yet another book-buying binge.
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