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Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: kindle Oasis 2018, kindle 4 NT, kindle PW2, iPhone, iPad mini
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I am Joy and I am an ebook addict.
I can no more resist an interesting-sounding free or cheap (99 cents! practically free!) ebook than I can resist breathing. Neither can I resist full-price books if they sound enticing enough (good author/reviews). I have about 900 books on my nook (or archived). Probably 1/3 of them are unread as of yet. My husband says I need to stop reading and talk to him sometime. ![]() |
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Earth/Berlin
Device: Kobo Libra 2
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
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Note that those 99¢ ebooks soon add up. And who knows — they might be offered for free sometime between now and when you eventually get around to reading them! IMO the best option is to take a break from buying ebooks when your unread pile gets above a year or two's worth of reading. Free ebooks don't count, of course, which makes it a bit easier. Make a pledge today. For myself, I won't buy another ebook in June. It's now been a week since I bought an ebook. |
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
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But wow. 300 books in nine months? Last year I got through 160, and I seem to be on track for about 200 this year. But 400 books a year? Have fun! |
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Lucifer's Bat
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Earth/Berlin
Device: Kobo Libra 2
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chicago, IL
Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD
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King of the Bongo Drums
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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There is no truth to the allegation that I have bought more ebooks to read than I have years left to read them in.
If I pace myself, I only have to live to be 132. |
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Suburbs of Vancouver BC
Device: Kindle
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(E)Book Addiction
I used to work in the book business (for any Vancouverites out there: Duthie's on Robson & UBC Bookstore.) Books were seductive and I accumulated a lot of them. At Duthie's I had a charge account and a discount, and when I left I was a couple of grand in the hole. At the UBC Bookstore, I limited myself to mostly borrowing books--you could sign them out to read them 'gently.' I eventually made a rule for myself that I would not buy a book unless I was going to start reading it that day. I have stuck to it, for the most part. Now I have a mortgage so it is easier to not buy a book. I have been getting great mileage out of all the free books available for the Kindle and enjoying classic reads. I also use the local library; it has a great, online reserve and hold system. Probably 20-plus years in AA has helped me with my resolve as well--lots of things that used to be unmanageable are no longer a problem.
So, my advice to all you bookaholics out there: If you have a book underway, finish it before you buy another. Use the library. Catch up on the classics--for free! Only buy a book you are actually going to read that same day. Good luck and remember one day, er, book, at a time. |
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Lucifer's Bat
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Grand Sorcerer
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Krewerd
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1. No library here that loans ebooks 2. I don't really care about most classics 3. I can read a book one day and decide to read another book the next day without first finishing that first book, because I'm stuck or no longer in the mood... And I bought my second book of this year, this weekend. It was only 49 euro cents though ![]() But I'm now hovering over the buy button for an Amazon Kindle book, one that I've always wanted since I knew it was out in book form: the Myst books.. |
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The only problem I have with libraries is that I tend to be in a mood for a certain book (or at least certain type of book) and there has been many times where a book on my waiting list becomes available but I just don't feel like reading it. I wish it had a "come back to me" option and not just "take it now or get back to the end of the line". |
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Location: Norfolk, England
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As David Marseilles said to me, "Mortality sucks."
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