Before we came overseas this last time, we knew we had to do something with our books. I hadn't really bought many books in the last 5-10 years because we move so often and nearly always had an excellent public library, but we still had over 1000 books. They'd been moved and stored, and, every once in a while, all of them were out on shelves. It was impossible to take them overseas, impractical to store them again, and painful to part with them.
So we scanned them. Here's how we did it. It was a huge project, but we ended up with 600 scanned ebooks (we gave the rest away, or sold a few). I don't regret one second spent on that project. It was the best preparation I have ever done for an overseas move.
Most people are rather horrified when they learn that I cut up so many books and then recycled them all. But there have been a few people, usually those who've moved overseas without help, who get it. Ebooks are a lifesaver.
