I haven’t actually read it, but I absolutely love the Twitter account. Basically features funny & moving messages on the back of old postcards, very good! http://postcardfromthepast.co.uk/
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I love how you said “accidentally” 
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My favorite postcard book is Miniature Life by creative miniatures photographer Tatsuya Tanaka. He always builds lovely scenes with mini figures and everyday items, like food, tableware, stationery… even toilet paper. I really adore those fantastic artworks 
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I don’t have this one, but I’m considering ordering it:
Possibly along with the Group of Seven postcard book that they carry as well. I just got a bunch of new Postal Happy!! and Canada Post postcards though, so I feel like I probably shouldn’t get any more until I’ve sent out some of the ones I already have.
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Just received this charming and very good quality postcard book: Storybook Frogs by LaughingElephant.com
These are fun, funny, ridiculously cute postcards from my favorite vintage-reprint company.
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This is a terrible temptation. I had promised myself not to buy any more postcards. This book looks fabulous, and is available online, and I’m SO tempted…
Threads like this should be banned 
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I ordered it.
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These are the postcard books I’ve acquired recently. They’re all good. Apart from the two from the National Trust, which my sister in law got for me, I got the rest online from second hand book retailers.
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I have a question… do people send their postcard-book postcards with the perforations left as is? Or do you use an Xacto knife to trim off the rough edge?
Re: the topic, I don’t know if it’s my favourite, but I recently found an unused postcard book of Edward Gorey’s (“Gorey Children”) in a local charity shop. I’m so happy – I love Edward Gorey!
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That’s a great collection! I love the look of the illustrated maps one on the RHS. I wish we had maps like that for Canberra. I have not found any yet.
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Yes, we’re very lucky that we can buy these map postcards at any National Trust property. I might very well buy more than one of these.
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I use a guillotine to remove the perforations. And I have occasionally removed them from incoming cards too. Not very often though.
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I have a paper cutter and trim off the perforations
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I have a papercutter that I use to even up the perforated end, or I’ll carefully trim with scissors.
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I don’t remember where it was - I think maybe on a blog post? 
- but I saw a comment that mentioned using an emery board nail file to sand the perforations away. I tried it out & I’ve been happy with the results!
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That’s a solution I hadn’t heard of before! Thanks for sharing it, I’ll have to try it out too
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I don’t have postcard books, but I kind of like getting the card with the edge as it is, so I think I’d send them like that.
My favourite would be this of Lee Tanner’s photography:
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I was in my local bookshop today, and saw this postcard book offering. Having had quite some difficulty sourcing Australian-themed Christmas postcards this year, I was elated to read the title!
But as I leafed through, I was thinking to myself…is it Christmas, or is it a crime-scene? 
I bought it…how could I not? It is as Australian as it gets. But I have no idea who will receive these postcards. I love them…but it’s going to require some careful explanation I think, and a special sort of profile, before I can send these beauties out!!! 
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My books:
My personal favourites must be Darth Vader and Son and Love is the New Black. For the art ones, I would prefer Mucha and Jugendstil. Gama-Go is fun too.
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I actually picked up a Gorey postcard book from a museum type online store. It would be great to find one at a thrift shop. That book I am keeping for myself lol.
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