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I had not thought of myself as an e-book addict even when I have accounts at sites I can not even remember until I saw old receipts in my inbox. I toss nothing out including ebooks I got from public domain. I would buy at least two or more books each week (and that's being modest).
I got a credit card just for book purchases and nothing else.
I have 1570 books in Calibre, read about 1000 of those. More than a 1000 on one e-reader having read over 900 of those. Then there are the other e-readers I haven't paid any attention to in more than 2 yrs -they are now gathering dust.
I created wish lists on my most fave e-book sites and one on Calibre -not many books on those lists. They totaled about 60 books.
. . . and more than 2000 hard copies filling 4 good sized bookshelves in my house. My kid once skeptically said to me "I hope you know that the people who wrote more than half those books are long, long dead". I retorted, "that means they are antiques and when I'm dead you get to sell them for more than tuppence."
About a year ago, I began to think I am buying books just for the sake of buying them because I sometimes don't read them right away.
I would like to think I've slowed down a bit. I first check my library for a title. Get it, read it, return it. No guilt.
Sometimes it works sometimes not. I decided to stick with only 3 or 4 sites. Use my library more and buy and use the site's own gift card instead of the 'dedicated' credit card.
Reading is such a fun thing, I just can't see my life without it. 'Cause as I write this a couple books on my pre-ordered list are now available.
Are we hopeless book / reading addicts then?
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