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Originally Posted by Tarana
You are a binge buyer!! I knew there was your type. You can handle it just fine until you actually sneak in for one and then you can't stop until filled with epages. I fall into the emotional ereader. I don't really need it, but it will make me feel better if I buy it now and don't read it for 3 years than if I wait 3 years and have to pay a different price (it will be either more or less, never the same or similar).
Honestly, it's the SALE thing I have going. When I see a book for $1.99 or less, the temptation is pretty bad if it is scifi or mystery/crime/thriller. So, I don't spend a lot per book, but it adds up. I can resist the full price book though, at least until I get to that series where I need the book before reading the others (yes, I'm that kind of person). So, in order to manage that, I've quit 'daily special' type lists or I'm going to top my $150 yearly goal well before I get to the November/December sales.
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Oh yes, the "but it's on sale!" issue--I have that one too, but worse yet is one step beyond: the "first one is free to get you hooked" on a 7-10 book series (or more). "Free" ebooks have cost me a fortune over the years. One freebie in particular led to about $100 in sales of that author's work within two months, plus hundreds more to authors I discovered as a direct result, plus three trips around the country for gatherings related to book releases from the original series....and the friends I made through that whole process (both online & in person, and all heavy readers themselves) have, of course, recommended thousands of dollars' worth more of new and new-to-me authors and genres.
That one "free" book has cost me a fortune.
It's also provided me with a seemingly never ending list of future purchases.
Still under $20 this month, and currently reading some things already resident in my TBR collection in an attempt not to spend anything more...just in case a can't miss deal shows up in the last ten days of January.