I haven't posted here in a bit, but I've checked out of the Betty Ford following the last Shrove Kobo and will be attending meetings regularly again.
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Originally Posted by DrNefario
I turned down those Jack Campbell books yesterday. It would probably be years before I even got to them, and I figure I might as well pay more then, knowing I really want them, rather than spend money I might just be throwing away now.
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I long ago realized that it would be cheaper in the long run if I bought books on demand. I don't exactly regret my colossal library acquired well below the going price, but I do wish I had been choosier. I have a largeish B-list, tagged B
in my Calibre library and the odds of my reading any of them are quite slim.
Similarly, in assessing the fallout from the recent Kobo
bender Refer-a-Friend promotion, my purchase of all the Wodehouse I didn't already own was sheer common sense, given that I've got an ongoing challenge to read all of his work. Much more problematic is my purchase of C.P. Snow's 11-novel
Strangers and Brothers sequence. Will I really reread them? More doubtful than not, and even at only 40¢ each, they'll end up only adding to the eclutter. At least it means I can toss my hard copies, so it's not a dead loss.
So, my goal for the year of purchasing an average of only one ebook per week is dead in the water. Assessing it post-binge, I see it wasn't an ideal goal, since it meant at best, given that I also read pbooks, library books and public domain, that I'd only be treading water in terms of my TBR pile. However, the very good outcome from the goal is that formulating and following it meant that I had only bought three ebooks until I fell off the wagon, and I've bought none since. I really do feel I've licked the "buy it because it looks interesting and it's on sale and I may get to it eventually" syndrome.
So my ongoing goal is the one mentioned above: buy no ebook unless I'm about to read it. That gives me some flexibility for book club reads and areas of high and immediate interest while eliminating buying for inventory. I know it's not a slam-dunk, but I'm feeling pretty good about it.