Patience and perseverance maketh a good book collector, says 37-year-old VR Ferose, Bengaluru-based managing director of SAP Labs India, adding, “The last thing a collector does is bargain.” He has, however, had to strike a deal with his wife: “I buy one book, give one away.” It’s the only way they can make space for yet another book in their home, which already has almost 3,000 tomes (besides the 200 in his office), and he has managed to read only half of them. An avid reader since childhood, what started with comics and Reader’s Digest has now grown to be a non-stop passion for Ferose.