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Yapyap · 01-01-2014, 04:14 AM

I'm going to give "no more than 120 new ebook purchases" a good try this year, after a miserable failure at the same goal in 2013.

I've already listed fifteen must-buy books on my spreadsheet, about ten of them pre-ordered already - these are the "new books in series I love; books I know for a fact that I will not only buy but also read on the day they're released" (and I do pre-order on Amazon at earliest opportunity, unless it's a really expensive book, as experience shows that even for ebooks, prices fluctuate during the pre-order period and there's a good chance I'll get it cheaper that way). There are a few others like that which should also be out in 2014 but don't have a specific release date yet.

So that's basically 20 slots taken. I might "cheat" with one of them and get it in hardback instead, as I did buy the first one in hardback only this year (a few others I'll be getting both in hardback and ebook), so it doesn't get counted against my goal... Hmm. Depends on if the cover looks good enough!

That leaves me with 100 books to buy. Should be doable, right? I've been buying so many of the various daily deals etc this year that I hope there won't be too many left for impulse buys of the "hmm, I've heard about this, it sounds pretty good" kind.

I also have so many first books in various series in my TBR list that I have to leave some slots for any potential new favourite series discoveries - if I end up reading and adoring some of those first books, I'll likely want to buy and read at least a few more in the same series.

And there will probably be brand new books published this year I don't know about yet but will want once I do. Hmm.

I do think I'll try very hard to stick to no impulse buys for anything I don't plan to read immediately unless it's under $2. I saw it way too often in 2013 that I bought something that sounded good (but I didn't plan to read it immediately) when I could get it for $4-5, and a few months later it was on sale for $1.99 instead. A small difference, but for dozens of books a year, it does add up.

If I can stick to that last rule, not buying more than, say, six books a month outside the above-mentioned must-haves should be doable.

01-01-2014, 04:14 AM	#2198
Yapyap Guru Posts: 861 Karma: 3543721 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Estonia Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPad 3, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge	I'm going to give "no more than 120 new ebook purchases" a good try this year, after a miserable failure at the same goal in 2013. I've already listed fifteen must-buy books on my spreadsheet, about ten of them pre-ordered already - these are the "new books in series I love; books I know for a fact that I will not only buy but also read on the day they're released" (and I do pre-order on Amazon at earliest opportunity, unless it's a really expensive book, as experience shows that even for ebooks, prices fluctuate during the pre-order period and there's a good chance I'll get it cheaper that way). There are a few others like that which should also be out in 2014 but don't have a specific release date yet. So that's basically 20 slots taken. I might "cheat" with one of them and get it in hardback instead, as I did buy the first one in hardback only this year (a few others I'll be getting both in hardback and ebook), so it doesn't get counted against my goal... Hmm. Depends on if the cover looks good enough! That leaves me with 100 books to buy. Should be doable, right? I've been buying so many of the various daily deals etc this year that I hope there won't be too many left for impulse buys of the "hmm, I've heard about this, it sounds pretty good" kind. I also have so many first books in various series in my TBR list that I have to leave some slots for any potential new favourite series discoveries - if I end up reading and adoring some of those first books, I'll likely want to buy and read at least a few more in the same series. And there will probably be brand new books published this year I don't know about yet but will want once I do. Hmm. I do think I'll try very hard to stick to no impulse buys for anything I don't plan to read immediately unless it's under $2. I saw it way too often in 2013 that I bought something that sounded good (but I didn't plan to read it immediately) when I could get it for $4-5, and a few months later it was on sale for $1.99 instead. A small difference, but for dozens of books a year, it does add up. If I can stick to that last rule, not buying more than, say, six books a month outside the above-mentioned must-haves should be doable.