SO NOW YOU KNOW...

Gleaned from today's reading of the ever-fascinating "Developing Library and Information Centers" 5th edition by C. Edwards Evans and Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro, published in 2005 by Libraries Unlimited(and thus quite outdated for this topic since e-publishing has turned everything on its head...) :   "Bibliomania is defined as 'excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books'.  Most bibliomaniacs (librarians included) cannot stay out of bookstores and consider it a great feat of willpower and self-control if they manage to leave one without buying a book or two." (or three or four - especially if that store is Half-Priced Books, say I)