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Originally Posted by Jdschi
Sigh I guess I need to introduce myself here as well - hi I'm J and I have an ebook addict problem.
Since discovering that I can actually read with my tablet (my eyes somehow had problems with my Kindle so I didn't read much on it) and me starting to work and earn actual money, my (e)book addiction has become really unstoppable. I try to stick to the rules posted here in the thread. But after a book-bundle I had eyed for days and days suddenly jumped in price by 100% (and made it unaffordable especially since I had seen the previous price) now I'm really jumpy when it comes to books I "might want to read in the future" - I fear that they suddenly might increase in prize. They don't, of course, and so far I have managed to talk myself out of buying two I am eyeing since a couple of days... but maybe I should just go for it for the sake of my mind?
I did buy two books yesterday, but one had a really good review in our local newspaper plus I used a kobo coupon, and the other has some relation to my work so I can somewhat justify buying it. I also always get bundles like the Storybundle or the HumbleBundle if they have ebooks just because I think the idea is cool and I should support it.
My TBR pile/wishlist has exploded though and it has stuff on it like "Malazan Book of the fallen" (10 books with about 1000 pages each?) and "The Wheel of Time" (14 books each?) so it's not like I can (or want to) breeze through them.
Speaking of rules - how do you organize your wish list and look out for deals? It is crazy how the prices on ebooks vary from one day to the next and sometimes I panic that I might actually miss a deal for one of the books on my wishlist (and then I go and buy it even though I really shouldn't).
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Hi J, welcome to the thread.
I can't speak for others, but I use my wish list as a way of putting off purchases, so I don't actually bother to track the prices of ebooks on my wish list at all carefully. I do subscribe to a couple of the Free/Bargain threads in the Deals forum, which usually alert me to anything special going on.
On the whole I take the view that unless it's a really exceptional offer, it will come around again long before I start to run short of books.
Again, unless it's an exceptional bargain, I don't tend to buy entire series at once - just in case I read the first one and hate it.
Realising you have a problem is the start of fixing the problem, so congratulations on starting to bring your ebook buying under control.
Feel free to post here asking about whether a particular deal is too good to miss - those of us who've been following the ebook market for many years will be happy to advise.