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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Do you pay top dollar for everything you buy?
Second: how many books do you personally read in one year?
See the thing with big readers is say I want the latest Clive Cussler/Russell Blake book, yes I will start saving my pennies now so in roughly 10 months I can splurge on it.
Now if I just want some other big name, I know eventually they will be in the library or thrift store cheaper.
Heck I picked up the entire FSOG for $8 on ebooks because I waited for a sale.
One book will work just as well as another in most cases.
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Yeah, I can't really afford to splurge, even with my most favorite authors. And I have lots and lots of favorite authors, 100's of them.
If they come decent priced out the gate that is different, but if its a high price, for me that is, then it goes on a wishlist at the library. If its not a publisher that offers library books, it goes on a wait for loan amazon wishlist until it does. Or I save up enough $1 from slow shipping from Amazon.
I think when one reads a lot, there are lots of great books lined up to read next so not really a lack of things to pick from. And since I do vetting, I expect to enjoy pretty much all of them. Of course they are all different books, but I can still enjoy them all on a similar level anyway.
But since I want to read ALL THE BOOKS anyway, it doesn't matter which ones I read first. They aren't going anywhere.