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Originally Posted by pdurrant
And now I've had a sudden flurry of ebook buying. I've bought three books, all of which were long-standing items on my wish list, and came up on £0.99 deals.
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That is, as you say, the point.
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Originally Posted by DrNefario
Yes, I bought 3 wishlist books the other day, too. It's surprising how quickly my good work is jeopardised. That brought me up to my limit based on my goal of reading twice as many as I buy (and I guess 3 books bought needs to be offset by 6 books read, which is kind of a lot). I still have a few more wishlist books on sale, but I'm resisting so far.
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April’s seen some backsliding from me also, both in terms of purchases and my own goal of reading them reasonably shortly. My accounting is a little Byzantine, as I count books purchased with promotional credit as a purchase with a zero cost basis, but that’s the only thing that’s kept it reasonable. As of just now (when I added two more books), I’ve bought five books for a total of $10. The outlay isn’t the problem, it’s the reading. I’ve finished through February, have started two of my three March purchases, and now I’ve got to add five more.
In my mind is Thomas Wyatt’s “I am of them that farthest cometh behind.” May needs to be better; if I continue like this I’ll be in a hopeless hole.
However, the positive aspect is that the need to read the books soon(ish) is influencing my purchases in a good way. I wanted to use a 50% Kobo coupon and instead of choosing the best value from my wishlist in terms of absolute discount as used to be my wont, I picked a book that’ll just be sheer fun. And spent less money as a result, too.