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Fillable bookshelves

The bookshelves are my favourite block in Minecraft, and they are very good decorative blocks as they are. What I would like to suggest is a new block, a 'Fillable Bookshelf' with a different book pattern on it.

The block would function as a chest (exclusively for books?), which would be particularly useful for storing the large numbers of written and enchanted books that pile up as you play. Keeping them in a bookshelf just makes more sense than a box. 

I think it would also be a great opportunity to add some more variety for builders by giving the block a new pattern or colour scheme for the books on the shelf, it would make large library builds look less repetitive!

Mechanically, I have seen suggestions (on other platforms) that the bookshelves start empty, being crafted without books in them, and gradually appear to fill up (with empty, half full, and full textures) as you add books into their inventory. I am not sure how doable that is, but thought I would it add here because it sounds awesome!

Doing this as a separate block would mean that world generation doesn't need to change for villages or the Wooden Mansion as well.

Thank you for considering!

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    A separate block could work, I have seen other suggestions to take this sort of block and tie it to enchanting. That way building up the enchanting table is based on filling the shelves with enchanted books (the level giving back to enchanting), which I do like mechanically as it would even make junk/cursed books useful. I have seen a Mod/data pack that does bookshelves aesthetically as you describe, and it does look good, so it is doable for sure.  To be consistent this new block would probably need just 6 planks, 2 rows of 3 with a space in between. Making it a cheaper option, and with storage of a barrel would be epic, with the exclusive of holding: maps, compass and timer, books, signed books, paper, enchanted books, and lapis, which just represents what would show up randomly on the texture in stacks as the shelves filled. Only enchanted books would count towards an enchanting effect, but the others could make it easier for builders to quickly fill as desired for looks. 

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    If current bookshelves would be modified so that you can put books in them and take books out of them, maybe get a redstone signal out, then bookshelves would become cheaper to make.

    You would only need to make a empty bookshelf and you can fill it up later we you have the resources.

    Maybe enchanting could be effected by the number of books inside.