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I've had the same dilema recently Chris, I feel your pain.
Over the last few weeks I've had to cull, and not only books and magazines.
A lot of the magazines, though important to me, are mostly worthless to anyone else, so a fair few of those (Warbirds, Sky and Space, and years and years worth of Australian Aviation from the early 80's onwards) went straight into the skip. I kept my vintage Wild's, and some 1950's 'Aeronautics' issues out of the UK.
Books on sailing went in boxes to the sailing club. Books on electronics went in the skip, as did the various 'rubbish' books that you buy in airports thinking you'll read them on the plane, mostly by Bill Bryson, Jeremy Clarkson, and those kind of things.
Really Chris, it comes down to being tough. Ask yourself "Am I ever going to read this again?". If the answer is "No", then into the skip with it.
I actually found the culling process (books and various other goods) quite therapeutic. It may sound a bit Buddhist or something, but you feel the weight of 'things' lifted off your shoulders. You feel freer afterwards.
Cheers,
Jason.
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