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Originally Posted by issybird
I made a few good decisions at the margin on books that I hope will be cheaper and/or won't be read in the near future, but clearly I'm not pulling the hairshirt near tight enough.
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Or do I just give up and stop wittering about it, since ebooks are a cheap indulgence and I can still put groceries on the table?
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All we can try to do is learn from our experiences. You have found that, although you haven't bought every interesting book that's come along, you have bought as many as you're reading.
I think this says that you need to be even more ruthless about buying books. Clearly, books that you want to read are going to be available at good prices ($20 for 9 books is excellent value) for the foreseeable future.
So I think you need to take a good look at your TBR, and compare potential purchases to the books already in your TBR. Consider how many books you read in (say) six months. Then, for any purchase, if it isn't more attractive than the current top six month's worth of books in your TBR, don't buy it.
I just wish I was as good at taking my own advice as giving it out! Still, apart from the 90% off escapade and the Lightspeed magazine offer, I have only bought my existing subscriptions this month and the Baen bundle. No new extras at all!
Mind you, that still comes to 92 books….
But in April I hope to keep my purchasing well under control.