Thread: "I am hoarding books for retirement."
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Old 02-04-2014, 06:19 PM   #63
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Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan View Post
Call me crazy but if you're hoarding ebooks for retirement then wouldn't it be smarter to take that money and invest it and then when you retire buy all the books you want with the money you've saved and interest earned? As far as I know, ebooks sitting on your hard drive don't accumulate any interest.
It might be smarter for some, depending on a) when they are retiring, and b) the price of the book they're buying. In my case, no.

I'm retiring soonish. I buy full price books if I want to read them now, but only buy books for retirement if they're on a great sale. Otherwise, it pays to wait until a sale, or until the price drops, which is usually does, after a year or two.
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