Do you read as you download or do you stockpile?

ficbot · 10-09-2008, 12:16 AM

I just killed a good half hour trolling Manybooks.net to see what was new. And I almost made a Fictionwise order. But I don't *need* anything right now. I have about 40 unread books on my iPod Touch right now, and about 5 on my eBookwise that could not be transferred over. It seems that, while I enjoy reading the books, I enjoy *having* them just as much and for some reason it really satisfies me to have a nice little stockpile. I guess that since I *can* carry around 100 books, I feel that I ought to be fully stocked on my device so that I won't 'run out of' something to read and so that I will have many choices for whatever mood I am in when I turn it on. I mean, I might be standing in line at the bank and suddenly really want to read a space opera or something, and how would I feel then if there were not several to choose from right away?

I am kidding. Or, I'm not. For some reason, the ability e gives me to carry around a hundred books if I want to is turning me into a hoarder. My logical brain knows I have plenty to read right now...

So, how about the rest of you? Do you read as you go, waiting to download new content until you've finished everything you've got already? Or do you enjoy the collecting just as much and are involved in a contest against yourself to see just how many titles you can fit on there?

grooks · 10-09-2008, 12:24 AM

I have about 40 classics and purchased modern books on my liseuse now. I have been rotating between downloading pdf's from my local library to reading some of the classics I have stockpiled. If I run across some titles that I want then I will download. Otherwise, I'm not a hoarder and I don't wait to finish one book before looking for another.

Falbe Publishing · 10-09-2008, 01:08 AM

I voted other. I have a modest list of 2 or 3 ebooks loaded up on the reader, and I get through those before I acquire more titles.

HappyMartin · 10-09-2008, 01:17 AM

I dont have hundreds but perhaps about a dozen books in my wait list. I try not to buy new books when I still have unread books but the flesh is weak, well the grey bit of flesh behind my eyes anyway.

babyd · 10-09-2008, 02:58 AM

I am a shameless hoarder of books. I have hundreds of PB upstairs and have to read at least a third of them, but still I buy more.

This habit has crossed over to my Sony Reader as well. I download as I find interesting books, far more quickly than I can read them. I already have bought lots for my reader and I'm guessing I will continue to buy as I see books that I like. I just love knowing there are all those worlds/stories waiting for me.

Slite · 10-09-2008, 03:01 AM

I consider myself a hoarder

I think I've downloaded every mobi copy listed here on MR just because I could

Havent even started to dig into them yet... So much to read, so little time....

HarryT · 10-09-2008, 03:10 AM

I have literally thousands of unread eBooks. I buy every months's Baen "Webscription" release (and have done so since they started); I've probably read around 5% of those. On top of that there are the literally thousands of PD classics from PG, etc.

Dr. Drib · 10-09-2008, 06:52 AM

I have about 2,000 hardbacks in my collection. I guess you could call me a bibliophile, as I care about edition, condition, etc.

I also have thousands of ebooks from any number of various places.

Since only one ebook has been burned to one CD, I have thousands of CDs lying about in various states of unease, unrest. Some are in the bathroom (don't want to be caught not reading. Of course, each bathroom has its own computer.) Because I live in mythic splendor (to use a phrase from E.R. Eddison), I live a live of ease, unvisited by angst and libido. I only read, day and night, collecting, reading...reading, collecting, eating, and responding to polls. I'm a very jolly fellow.

P.S.: Of course the above paragraph is false, except for one sentence.

Don

M0zza · 10-09-2008, 07:01 AM

I am most definitely a hoarder. Luckily, with ebooks the space I need is a single hard drive. Most of my books are PD from the old Blackmask site in LIT format. Which I'm supplimenting with the excellent LRF's from this site.

I think my wife would kill me if she knew how much stuff I still have at my Fathers house (Books, CDs, DVDs). I'm going to have to sneak them back piecemeal and digitise some of it (DVDs and CDs). Then off to a carboot or charity shop.

Richard Herley · 10-09-2008, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Because I live in mythic splendor (to use a phrase from E.R. Eddison), I live a live of ease, unvisited by angst and libido.

P.S.: Of course the above paragraph is false, except for one sentence.

Don

That one?

I try not to hoard anything, even ebooks. In fact one of life's great pleasures is getting rid of things.

sorareader · 10-09-2008, 08:08 AM

Let´s say that I bite more than I can chew...

It´s sort of a compulsive behaviour.

Slite · 10-09-2008, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sorareader

Let´s say that I bite more than I can chew...

It´s sort of a compulsive behaviour.

As long as one doesn't end up with 9 million ebooks, 10.000 old coke cans and 94 cats. I don't see no harm in it being compulsive

Format C: · 10-09-2008, 08:13 AM

I'm hoarding.
I don't even know what I've got.

Whenever I find that magic word, free, I download.
I've got the 17.000 ebooks PG DVD.
And a similar number of free music clips.

I keep them there, because I know in 6 months, when capitalism will definitively collapse, I won't have the money for the internet connection. Given the 10-years long Gigantic Depression awaiting for us, I'm pretty sure I cannot even afford a book for very long time...

So, like Aesop's ant, I hoard them all.
I'll keep a PC, a couple of CF cards, a DAP and my iLiad.
Hoping that in the dark times I will always have something to e-read.

Format C: · 10-09-2008, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Herley

I try not to hoard anything, even ebooks. In fact one of life's great pleasures is getting rid of things.

I used too, in the good times (I still get rid of the books I read, whether e- or p-).....

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-09-2008, 08:38 AM

Definitely a hoarder, possibly just carrying on from my pbook buying behaviour - it's a little to early to tell yet.

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10-09-2008, 12:16 AM	#1
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Do you read as you download or do you stockpile? I just killed a good half hour trolling Manybooks.net to see what was new. And I almost made a Fictionwise order. But I don't need anything right now. I have about 40 unread books on my iPod Touch right now, and about 5 on my eBookwise that could not be transferred over. It seems that, while I enjoy reading the books, I enjoy having them just as much and for some reason it really satisfies me to have a nice little stockpile. I guess that since I can carry around 100 books, I feel that I ought to be fully stocked on my device so that I won't 'run out of' something to read and so that I will have many choices for whatever mood I am in when I turn it on. I mean, I might be standing in line at the bank and suddenly really want to read a space opera or something, and how would I feel then if there were not several to choose from right away? I am kidding. Or, I'm not. For some reason, the ability e gives me to carry around a hundred books if I want to is turning me into a hoarder. My logical brain knows I have plenty to read right now... So, how about the rest of you? Do you read as you go, waiting to download new content until you've finished everything you've got already? Or do you enjoy the collecting just as much and are involved in a contest against yourself to see just how many titles you can fit on there?

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10-09-2008, 12:24 AM	#2
grooks Wizard Posts: 1,326 Karma: 30250 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Myers, FL Device: Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma	I have about 40 classics and purchased modern books on my liseuse now. I have been rotating between downloading pdf's from my local library to reading some of the classics I have stockpiled. If I run across some titles that I want then I will download. Otherwise, I'm not a hoarder and I don't wait to finish one book before looking for another.

10-09-2008, 01:08 AM	#3
Falbe Publishing Gadget Slave Posts: 264 Karma: 600001 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Battle Creek, Michigan Device: Sony PRS505SC	I voted other. I have a modest list of 2 or 3 ebooks loaded up on the reader, and I get through those before I acquire more titles.

10-09-2008, 01:17 AM	#4
HappyMartin Martin Kristiansen Posts: 1,546 Karma: 8480958 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Johannesburg Device: Kindle International Ipad 2	I dont have hundreds but perhaps about a dozen books in my wait list. I try not to buy new books when I still have unread books but the flesh is weak, well the grey bit of flesh behind my eyes anyway.

10-09-2008, 02:58 AM	#5
babyd Addict Posts: 384 Karma: 1567 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: UK Device: Sony:505, 600, 350, 650, Kindle 3 & PW, Kobo Mini & Aura HD	I am a shameless hoarder of books. I have hundreds of PB upstairs and have to read at least a third of them, but still I buy more. This habit has crossed over to my Sony Reader as well. I download as I find interesting books, far more quickly than I can read them. I already have bought lots for my reader and I'm guessing I will continue to buy as I see books that I like. I just love knowing there are all those worlds/stories waiting for me.

10-09-2008, 03:01 AM	#6
Slite Icanhasdonuts? Posts: 2,837 Karma: 532407 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mölnbo, Sweden Device: Kobo Aura 2nd edition, Kobo Clara HD	I consider myself a hoarder I think I've downloaded every mobi copy listed here on MR just because I could Havent even started to dig into them yet... So much to read, so little time....

10-09-2008, 03:10 AM	#7
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I have literally thousands of unread eBooks. I buy every months's Baen "Webscription" release (and have done so since they started); I've probably read around 5% of those. On top of that there are the literally thousands of PD classics from PG, etc.

10-09-2008, 06:52 AM	#8
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,748 Karma: 55645321 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	I have about 2,000 hardbacks in my collection. I guess you could call me a bibliophile, as I care about edition, condition, etc. I also have thousands of ebooks from any number of various places. Since only one ebook has been burned to one CD, I have thousands of CDs lying about in various states of unease, unrest. Some are in the bathroom (don't want to be caught not reading. Of course, each bathroom has its own computer.) Because I live in mythic splendor (to use a phrase from E.R. Eddison), I live a live of ease, unvisited by angst and libido. I only read, day and night, collecting, reading...reading, collecting, eating, and responding to polls. I'm a very jolly fellow. P.S.: Of course the above paragraph is false, except for one sentence. Don

10-09-2008, 07:01 AM	#9
M0zza Geek... Apparently Posts: 211 Karma: 51260 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Herts, UK Device: Sony PRS-505 (Silver), ASUS Transformer TF300T, IPAD Air 2	I am most definitely a hoarder. Luckily, with ebooks the space I need is a single hard drive. Most of my books are PD from the old Blackmask site in LIT format. Which I'm supplimenting with the excellent LRF's from this site. I think my wife would kill me if she knew how much stuff I still have at my Fathers house (Books, CDs, DVDs). I'm going to have to sneak them back piecemeal and digitise some of it (DVDs and CDs). Then off to a carboot or charity shop.

10-09-2008, 08:08 AM	#11
sorareader Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Hanlin V3	Let´s say that I bite more than I can chew... It´s sort of a compulsive behaviour.

10-09-2008, 08:13 AM	#13
Format C: Guru Posts: 753 Karma: 1496807 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: The Third World Device: iLiad + PRS-505 + Kindle 3	I'm hoarding. I don't even know what I've got. Whenever I find that magic word, free, I download. I've got the 17.000 ebooks PG DVD. And a similar number of free music clips. I keep them there, because I know in 6 months, when capitalism will definitively collapse, I won't have the money for the internet connection. Given the 10-years long Gigantic Depression awaiting for us, I'm pretty sure I cannot even afford a book for very long time... So, like Aesop's ant, I hoard them all. I'll keep a PC, a couple of CF cards, a DAP and my iLiad. Hoping that in the dark times I will always have something to e-read.

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10-09-2008, 08:38 AM	#15
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Definitely a hoarder, possibly just carrying on from my pbook buying behaviour - it's a little to early to tell yet.