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Far too much this year: currently my book spendings on ebooks in English for this year stand at $1437.25 (for 415 paid books), which makes ~$120 a month.
I really need to curb that next year and stick strictly to books I konw I want to read pretty much immediately (i.e. new books in series I already love and am caught up with) or excellent deals on books I genuinely think I will want to read.
I'm hopeful that it will be doable as my to-be-read list of books I already own is ... well, long. So that should enable me to think twice before grabbing anything that looks remotely interesting, unless it's actually on sale / special offer / daily deal sort of thing.
This year, I've also spent €67.50 on six ebooks in Estonian (all gifts for my mother), €165 or so on 20 paper books in English for myself and probably around €100 on a bunch of paper books in Estonian for my mother.
I'm not really interested in public domain books (I've already read the majority of those I've had interest in) and I cannot borrow books I'm interested in from either local friends or local libraries, so buying is the only legit option.
I have also accumulated a few hundred freebies but trad-pubbed books generally sound more interesting to me and I've been disappointed in quite a few free self-pubbed books I've picked up, so in the interest of saving my time for reading things I enjoy, I'd rather take my chances with trad-pubbed books, even if they cost a bit more.
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