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Originally Posted by issybird
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.
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Even with my backlog (750 unread at present), I think it would cost me a lot more if I moved to a 'only buy it just before reading model'. My having (a more than) sufficient cushion to keep me in reading material, I'm able to wait for special offers, coupons and other kinds of good deals on books I want to read.
My mean purchase price for 2014 is just $1.61. My mean read book cost for 2014 is $2.55. So the average cost of books in my TBR pile is going steadily down.
If I was buying 'on-demand' at (say) $4.99 per ebook, my read book cost would have doubled for 2014. And that ratio is going to get worse.
And it's not as if I'm filling my TBR with books that are only 'OK' or just 'look interesting', as I must admit I used to do from Fictionwise. Nearly all my purchases in 2014 are from favourite authors or series, with just a few well-recommended new authors/series when they were on really good offer.
There are advantages to a large TBR. Even though I'd still prefer to have mine down to under 200.