Building a Hive Library

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Building a Hive Library
I have posted before about buying books by members of this community. This week I added a couple more.

![Books](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/steevc/23tmFZB2EMXsP54mAwYR2Pd3w9NPWXKVVTKTPCu4mEppeafTxMdmDMQrFjsAVoCamT3Wo.jpg)

You can see books by (going clockwise from top left) @arseniclullaby. @jrej, @katharsisdrill, @kommienezuspadt, @sidekickmatt, @drwatson. The latest additions are The City Under The Snow by @paolobeneforti illustrated by him and @silviabeneforti plus Running For My Life by @dragosroua. I put the latter on my Amazon wish list ages ago, but I do not order often from there. I got the two to save on postage. As with a couple of others I believe these are printed on demand in whatever country you order from. A few of these people have been less active lately, but I hope to see them return.

![Illustrations](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/steevc/23uFZvfoujxkUSbzghZBRAKceQrcxBqfTuytUJWNJt1prQBqFy83Yy3vgZgGX1qsEBf2p.jpg)

Paolo's book is short, but delightful. It is set in a dream where everything seems to have been buried under deep snow. The two artists have distinct styles. 

![Steve, Silvia, Paolo](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/steevc/23yJG8G2aSUBpvRXD4jpAVUvErKyG5uiAjF6QU78mg9DqaJudEJdaEm2kGMXNTNr8QGvm.jpg)

I met them both in Lisbon at SF2 and they are both still very active on Hive producing wonderful art that brightens my day. I do have plans to buy some original pieces from them at some point. I am fortunate to be able to afford to support some artists, but any of us can do that on Hive by voting up their posts. I find it better for that than sites like Patreon where you have to commit to spending your money, possibly each month. Ideally I would like to be spending $HIVE to buy the physical items, but that is not always possible. Some of these have come via Kickstarter.

Also on Kickstarter I bought [Drawn To Key West](https://www.drawntokeywest.com/) by @la-fumettista who is the illustrator of the Ithaqa comic written by @drwatson. I just got the PDF comic which I have yet to read. I did read all the Ithaqa comics that have come out so far recently after getting all the digital versions. I should be getting printed copies soon. I have been listed as a backer in the first issue of that and in some of the others.

I also have some [physical](https://peakd.com/hive-195370/@steevc/nfts-get-physical) [records](https://peakd.com/music/@steevc/another-physical-nft) by Hivers.

So does anyone have a bigger Hive library than this? Not that it is a competition. I just want to see people supporting artists so that they can keep on entertaining us. Some will be offering downloads for supporters, some in the form of NFTs.

Hive five!
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