Relating to or characteristic of hiding, hoarding, or burying books; keeping books hidden from readers.
From bibliotaph + -ic (adjective suffix). This adjective form lets you describe the practice or attitudes of those who hoard books.
There's a bibliotaphic impulse in all of us when we can't bear to lend out a beloved book—it reveals how we see books as treasures to possess, not just to share.
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