I have begun cutting back on books and magazines to have more money to spend on what else? - fabric! I play by the 3 rule. That is in order to purchase a new magazine it must have 3 quilts or designs that I really like or it stays on the shelf. I probably have 50 magazines now, cut way back from the 2 shelves worth from a few years ago. All of them have those sticky tabs marking something I want to make. Since I belong to a guild a lot of magazines float through my hands and it was difficult to tell which ones I've already seen. Now when I am given magazines I cut a small corner off the cover before I pass them back so I know what I've seen. When it comes to books I probably have 20 that could be moved out and 30 or so that I will keep always.