I like Fictionwise
vsalvaggio, I like the Southern Vampire series. Not enough to buy them, but they are fun library reads. Kathy Reichs, I am meh about
Here is what I bought:
Nim's Island by Wendy Orr (loved the movie!)
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
Disappearing Nightly by Laura Resnick
The Remains of the Dead by Wendy Roberts
My rule for buying versus borrowing is:
- If I want to read it, like the author and it's cheap enough ($5 or so) I will buy it. This covers fairly disposable paperbacks like Nora Roberts, the Kellerman series etc. In p, I might have bought them and sold them back to the used bookstore after
- If it's in the $10 or so range and is something that sounds like I might enjoy it enough to read more than once (e.g. the Gaiman) I'll buy it. If it's above the $10 range and does not have a compelling incentive like a big rebate, I won't but it in e or in p
- If it remotely interests me and has 100% rebate, I buy it no matter the price. Then I can spend the rebate was my book budget for the month
- I do not buy cookbooks or fitness books in e (I like to be able to see the whole page at once) so I view these in person and then either buy them in p or buy them in e
I would say I am spending a little more now than I used to because I am not constrained by how many p-books I can store in my house
But overall, it is pretty sensible because when I do buy, I don't have to sell it or get rid of it when I am done, so I am getting books I can return to when I please.