The Spero Library - A Collection

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"Upon entering the library, your eyes are immediately drawn to the many bookshelves spawning the room. Reaching to the ceiling as though they were hands reaching for the surface from below the water, screaming for air to pour in between their pages, their stories to be once again breathed to life on the lips of an earnest reader.
Browsing the many shelves of worn works, you stack books high in one arm and hand, grabbing for the next with the other. After you've gotten your fill, you retreat to the nearby reading room down the hall and take a seat. A fire crackles at the end of the room, and a kitchen staff of the estate brings you a beverage. You grab the first book off the stack on the table next to you, and settle in for a lengthy reading session."
Introducing my new project, The Spero Library - a collection obtained and curated by yours truly.

Purpose:
Since I don't actively play much in either the survival or PVP side of things, I've decided to take this up as a hobby so I can still justify logging on and being involved with the server. I also have an interest in collecting one off books that players have written or were made by the staff as well as collection/series that players/staff made over the course of time. The main purpose of this project is to take books that would otherwise be lost to looting, inactive players, or world restores/deletions and save them in game in my library, as well as post them here for the community to read and benefit from.


How this thread works:
Every Sunday, at least by the end of the day, I will post a new comment as well as amend the original post with a new in game book.


Genres:
Find all the genres and books within them below. I will add genres as needed, although I will never remove one once a book has been added to it.

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Donations of books and regals:
Donations of books you would like saved or represented here are greatly appreciated. Note: at this time I will not accept books you simply wish to have posted on this thread but wish to keep in your possession. All books posted on this thread will also be in my possession within my library in my estate.


I am also accepting regal donations for the purposes of only either purchasing books for this collection or keep up the taxes on my estate, which houses this library in game. Any regals you choose to donate will go to these two uses, nothing else. Donating books or regals is purely voluntary, and not expected of anyone, although it is greatly appreciated.

Closing remarks and thanks:
Thank you to all who decide to take the time to read some of the books here. I've always been a bit saddened that some of the MassiveCraft lore that is player created and actually happened on the server isn't recorded somewhere like the lore on MassiveCraft Wiki. I decided to take up this project just as something fun to do, and give myself something to do and work towards in game, and maybe along the way share some of it with the community and give you guys some of the enjoyment I get out of collecting these books.


 
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Post 3/4/2018

The History of Stronghold - By hiu403
Read about the history of one of the oldest factions on MassiveCraft, now fallen: Stronghold

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Post 3/18/2018 Part 1

Hey folks! Sorry for missing a few post. I was having issues with my old laptop, so I went ahead and bought a new gaming PC. With all that sorted away, I'll be back to posting on the regular schedule, as well as adding Wednesdays as a new posting day. So for this Sunday post, you'll get two books to make up for missing some days.

The Art of War - By Bsavs
This book details strategies and tips for PVPing, back in the days of old when people used regular diamond armor, regular diamond swords, just a few potions, and one god apple. Observe and see how PVP has evolved over the past five years.

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Also, if you like what I'm doing here, please rate the original post Winner. When the thread gets enough ratings on the main post, they'll show up next to it on the thread list when viewing the General section of the forums, and it just makes this thread pop and appear more appealing to anyone looking at the forums. Thanks!
 
Great news everyone! I acquired four books yesterday, the genres being faction history and war/war related literature! Great things coming down the line!

Remember to either watch this thread for announcements (click "watch" at the top right of the original post, and you'll get an alert when new post are made here) or check back every Wednesday and Sunday for new book post!
 
OMG! Stronghold was one of my favorite factions and my first... I literally joined a huge superfaction for a day, joined stronghold for a year and a half then made my own after it had fallen... so glad to see this thread. subscribed

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Please don't share the contents of any of the books I have produced. I am still actively selling them. Thanks!
 
All in due time.

Please don't share the contents of any of the books I have produced. I am still actively selling them. Thanks!
Not to worry. I'm mainly collecting older books that are originals, or had very few copies made. This way at least one of the books can live on in game for at least as long as I maintain my personal faction, and forever on the forums. Your request is noted.

Keep up the amazing work you're doing here!
Thanks. Means a lot to people that people have interest in this idea as much as I do.
 

A short video I made of the Solus Library. I used the ReplayMod to record this one shot and Lightworks for Windows to edit and render the video. Unfortunately this program would only let me render the final project in 720p, else it would be much crisper and cleaner. Nonetheless, enjoy!
PS: Wednesday book post coming later today, so make sure to check back.
 
Hey folks! Haven't published anything here in awhile, I know. Weeks get busy and this takes a backseat to everything else. I'm going to change the publishing schedule here from every Sunday/Wednesday to whenever I have time with a acceptable length of time in between post. This might mean that three days elapse between post, or one week. I'll strive to never let it be more than one week though.

With that being said, here is a book for you, a continuation of the last post: Unionism II, by pushpins
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Are you collecting just books that are readable, or also books that are named but can't be read? I have a small collection of both and would like to know so I could donate them to you.
 
Are you collecting just books that are readable, or also books that are named but can't be read? I have a small collection of both and would like to know so I could donate them to you.
I'm mainly collecting books that are readable, so I can screenshot the inside and post them here. As for the named but can't be read books, it would really just depend on what they are.

I would really appreciate the donations. Next time we're both online we can meet up and go over them all.
 
I have a few issues in my collection of the spathan scribe from the now defunct and mostly banned faction of spatha, I'll fire them over to you some time, also might have a few other books of note for you!
 
Hey folks. I know it's been awhile since I posted something here, but today I've got: The Five Family Rebellion, by a Regalian Historian

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Hello everyone. I have another book for you today. While this is probably the shortest book page-wise I currently have in my possession, the content within it offers a glimpse into how faction leaders of the past managed their factions during times of war, and how they dealt with seemingly overwhelming odds against them.

Instructions, by Tom1804
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