I have a spreadsheet where I keep track of how much I have spent versus how many I have read. I find the free books really do subsidize the costs of the paid ones, and even when I factor in device costs, I am still at less than $5 a book---and I get to keep them all forever, I don't have to purge them to the used bookstore due to shelf space issues...
I have about 500 ebooks and I have read about half. The half I have not read are either:
- Free books that sounded interesting so I grabbed them when they caught my eye
- Several I bought in a 'complete the series' sale from Fictionwise. I have read the earlier ones but not finished all of them yet
- Magazine subscriptions from Fictionwise I have fallen behind on
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