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For most of you, does the TBR pile = all owned and unread books? Or is it a subsection of such books?
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Subsection for me. I don't count the freebees unless they are audiobooks. I didn't pay anything for them and just got them on speculation to try out a new author when time permits. In some instances, the freebees included popular authors such as Diane Gabaldon, but most of the time, the blurb for the story sounded interesting, but I know nothing of the author's work.
Excluding magazines, I think I have a 3 year TBR as a result of the great sales in December and existing backlog.
I do think many of the freebees will come to an end as contracts expire. They were primarily marketing ploys and many authors have been angered about Amazon's pricing - they sell books, but get nothing for them because they are priced at free or 99 cents. Great for readers, but certainly not encouraging for an author.