10-05-2013, 10:43 AM | #1936 |
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Wow. Kobo UK has Hitchhiker's 1-5 as an omnibus for 11,25 pounds. It becomes half that using the current code.
Normally this stuff costs $40 for the omnibus, or $9 per book, at Amazon. *cringe* |
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But shouldn't you be posting this in the Free/Bargain Science Fiction/Fantasy thread? (just posted it there.) Last edited by pdurrant; 10-05-2013 at 03:16 PM. |
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10-05-2013, 03:17 PM | #1938 |
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I've been looking at my stats. I've managed to reduce my TBR by 4 so far this year. And that's only because I've discarded some and read some freebies.
In terms of bought books, I've bought 12 more than I've read so far this year.... |
10-05-2013, 03:43 PM | #1939 | |
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But you're right, Kobo seems to be unusually cheap with that set at this moment. In the Dutch store it's still €25, almost twice as much as the UK price; and Amazon's prices are through the roof. Thanks for posting it there I actually bought a boxed set of this stuff a long time ago (just after the movie released), and got that for €7.50. edit: just bought it. €6.81 for over a 1000 pages to read is not a bad deal. (PS: It's DRM-free, for people who care about that.) I'll have to split it up tough, as I don't like omnibusses. Too big, even as an ebook. Last edited by Katsunami; 10-05-2013 at 03:53 PM. |
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What have Alcohol, Cigarettes and Books Got in Common?
No I am beginning to understand that, I guess an addiction is an addiction whether it is books, alcohol or cigarettes. So no point me making suggestions, the only ones that can do anything about it are the ones suffering from it. So I am going to butt out.
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10-12-2013, 08:49 AM | #1942 |
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I think I should say that I used 'addict' in the title of this thread as a bit of hyperbole. It's certainly not equivalent to an addiction to cigarettes or alcohol.
Having said that, I also have to report that so far this month I've bought 19 books and only read five. And in September I bought 36 and only read 20. But they were all books by authors I like, and at a good discount. I will enjoy reading them all.... eventually. |
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I read more than ten books each month. By having a good selection of books purchased cheaply I have plenty to read without having to pay full price each time I want to read a book. The guidelines suggested in this thread have allowed me to make wiser purchasing decisions. |
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Hubs today confessed in a guilty tone, that he had over 1,000 books on his reading device. When I told him there were threads on forums about ebook addiction he looked stunned - he had no idea he was not alone.
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The Sainsbury's daily £0.99 offers are getting to me. I now have three more unread paid-for ebooks to read than I did at the start of the year....
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At the moment I have to really want something even to pay 99p for it.
I thought I was doing so well in October, with just two items from my wishlist that went free for a day, but I now realise it was just because I wasn't putting myself in temptation's way. I visited a couple of second-hand bookstores just now, and came away with three books (two award-winners not currently available as ebooks, and one I've had on my wishlist for ages and thought 50p was too good to pass up (ebook £6.99).) |
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