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Originally Posted by eschwartz
My policy is different -- if there is a series I know I will read, I seize the opportunity to grab the whole set at a discounted price.  |
That's what I used to tell myself, but when I look back on the things I've bought ahead, and work out how many of them I have actually read, the figures don't look that great. The problem, as ever, is that I was buying deep into series faster than I was reading them, no matter how convinced I was that I would definitely read them. It's a simple question of maths, and trying to keep the numbers moving in the right direction.
I reckon that if they've been on sale once, they'll probably be on sale again, and even if not, I'd probably still be saving overall if I bought the next book at full price when I wanted to read it.
Although even limiting myself to just the next book in a series (which I'm not even that good at), I am probably still buying too many series.