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Originally Posted by DrNefario
The truth is I have plenty of excellent books to read, and really don't need any more, no matter how tempting, but I still can't stop myself adding to my wishlists and checking deals all the time, and I've treated myself to a fair few unnecessary purchases over the holiday period. There is a lure to the shopping side of it which seems to be completely independent of the reading side.
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Indeed. The compulsion to buy a book now, even if I have no immediate need to read it and there's no reason to think it won't be available when I do get to it, is a pull I don't resist nearly strongly enough. I've long
known that I'd save quite a bit of money if I changed to an on-demand system, where I only bought a book when I was about to start it (and the beauty of ebooks, of course, is that this is doable), price not being a consideration.
I think in part it's a carryover from pbook days, where you really did need to have a library of sorts on hand, for your next read. (Not that I didn't overbuy pbooks, too, as my groaning shelves attest.) Past time for me to get over ehoarding, though, which is the kind of saving that isn't.