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Well I limit my book spending by setting price limits on books. Most of the time, I won't pay more than around $5 for a (usually used) pbook, and $2 for an ebook. My magic sweet spot is $3 or $4 for a used book plus free shipping with Amazon Prime. It happens. Just wait around and eventually you can get a lot of books that way (but I wish I could get alerted when a copy shows up used in my magic sweet spot!). Last year I bought one new hardcover (Steve Jobs) and my DH bought me one (1Q84). I rarely buy ebooks either, since I get most of mine from the library. As for the freebies, I just try to be really selective, and not download it unless I really think I'm going to read it. I have naturally become more selective due to fatigue at seeing the same-old same-old in that list of freebies. Even the library books were piling up since I put them in Calibre and delete them after reading. So I vowed not to put any more holds on library books for a while.
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