[ficbot]

I am trying to de-clutter and clear out some stuff before I move in two weeks. I really want a cleaner, more open look in my new place, and am trying to streamline my books a little now that I am well set-up with an ebook reader and Calibre. I am keeping all my non-fiction books (I prefer those in paper since they often have illustrations which are important, or in the case of cookbooks, I like being able to see a whole laid out page) but for fiction, my rule has been as follows:

- If it is available at Fictionwise, check it and add it to my FW wishlist. If I never want to read it again, I have saved the shelf space. If I do want to read it again, it's ready to be bought and enjoyed in e-version and I still have saved the shelf space.

- If it is not available in e-version, keep it for now'

So far, I have chucked half a dozen books in this fashion. But where I am stuck in on a certain set of books I have which are a series. The most recent two in the series where 100% micropay rebates at Fictionwise, so I have e-versions of them. The rest are in print in mass market paperback. BUT my set of those is incomplete as I got rid of some of them during a prior move.

There are many books in the series (around 30) so it would be expensive to replace them all. I do know I will read them again as I enjoy this series a lot. As well, I have a lot of unread ebooks right now. So I am tempted to chuck them all, read other things, and then buy them in e-book one at a time when I run out of other things to read and want to go back to these.

I do think it would be nice to have them ALL in e-book so I have a complete set. But otoh the frugal part of me hesitates to re-buy something I own already...