How many books?

[Donut]

How many books on Elvis do you have? And if you have many, how many times have you had to explain to friends or relatives that they all are different with a guilty expression on your face?

[epmoodyblue]

i have a few most of them are concert photo bookies on elvis ..like this oneother so called tell all books on his life im not interested in

[moody-blues67]

I have 1 book: Caught In A Trap

[Diane]

I have close to 50 Elvis books and I don't care what anybody thinks of it.

Diane

[Lisarose]

I have a lot of Elvis books, and I don't care what anyone thinks either. Especially since some of them [the inconsequential ones] were gifts.
Which ones are inconsequential? I was given one called The First Noel which contained a cd with Elvis singing the song. The book jacket gave the impression that Elvis wrote the book, which is why the giftor bought it for me.
It is a nice book and the artwork is spectacular.

[rockin]

i have around 30
they consist of information on Elvis recording sessions, concerts, FTD/CD books, TV Guides collector editions w/ CD, and guitar books to play along.
And no I am not ashamed of how much and of what i have lolol

[beckelvis]

i have 25 and the truth is all the same to me what the people think

[shelley.m.]

I have roughly around 30 plus books on Elvis and I to don't care what others think.It's my money,not theirs that I'm spending.

[john carpenter]

I have roughly around 30 plus books on Elvis and I to don't care what others think.It's my money,not theirs that I'm spending.

Exactly, Shelley, Over the years i've probably bought 50 or more Elvis related books. It's my money, i enjoy reading them,,so what is it anyones business?

[elvispresleytheking]

at least 10- and pretty much every time someone sees them

[celine]

Good question and as soon as I read it I got up and counted them: I have 75! To tell you the truth, I am surprised myself because I didn't know there are so many. Well, that's the result of 32 years of collecting.
And as most of you said, I also don't care what other people say or think. It's not their business and I don't care either, how they spend their money.

[Teddy]

I've counted 53 Elvis-related books on the shelves next to me and there are others elsewhere in the house.
I ought to declare that I've got almost as many Beatles books and collections on other artists too but Elvis is definitely winning.
Oh, and I have 2 copies of Elvis by the Presleys so that's kind of cheating.

[cbg84]

9 to 11. I'm still in the beginning stages of my collection.

[Angeline69]

I have more than 60 books but I don't exactly how much. That's my collection and I am proud of it. I don't care what other people think.

[Donut]

Thanks to you all for taking the time to count them I have 53.

[Donut]

as soon as I read it I got up and counted them: I have 75! To tell you the truth, I am surprised myself because I didn't know there are so many.

Oh, and I have 2 copies of Elvis by the Presleys

I can't believe it...

[max]

How Many Books ARE There ?

The "Dishonest Title?-Caveat Emptor" reviewer claims that "several Elvis bibliophiles" state in their "works" that the "true figure" concerning the total number of books published on Elvis is "closer to 1100" rather than the 400 or so covered by Opdyke in his "complete guide."

A search in the catalog of the Library of Congress and in an electronic catalog of 6,000 libraries--OCLC's WorldCat, containing 45 million or so records--reveals no publications by so-called Elvis "bibliophiles" Maria Columbus, Mary Hinds and Nigel Stevens. Nor are there any articles authored by them to be found in several databases which cover upwards of about 15,000 magazines, newspapers, journals, etc. In fact, there is little to be found anywhere about these alleged experts.

On the other hand, besides the present work, author Steven Opdyke has written a definitive book-length study of Willie Nelson and even wrote his M.A. thesis on the subject of rock music. The "Elvis bibliophiles" have no such pedigree to substantiate the reviewer's claims about the existence of their authoritative 1,100-item lists.

Although Columbus has long headed the "Elvis Special Photo Association" and Hinds the "Elvis! On Capitol Hill" fan club, there is thus no evidence that they have compiled and published any lists of book-length works about "The King." On the other hand, Greenwood Press consistently produces high-quality bibliographic studies that are the foundation of many an academic library's subject-specific bibliography collections. The present work is no exception.

And if we can trust the Library of Congress and their catalog, in it they presently list about 400 books on Elvis covered under about 75 subject headings. While there may be other books on Elvis that are not covered in the Opdyke work and that are presently unknown to the Library of Congress, Opdyke's book is, for the time being, "the real thing" and certainly worth the price.

http://dessaintes.webbuilder02.hostb...page137630.htm

[Getlo]

Over 300 books on my shelves.

[Teddy]

I can't believe it...

Well I obviously have my signed copy of the hardback, which stays in a safe place until it's taken out on 'special occasions' and I also have a the smaller paperback version for portability and day-to-day reading

[Diane]

Over 300 books on my shelves.

Getlo you have to be the winner. What a great collection!

Diane