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Old 07-31-2017, 07:49 AM   #4317
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It's time for my end of the month wrap-up.

I bought two wishlist books in July, both using Google promotional credit, and spent $5 cash. My YTD total is 15 books for a cash outlay of $19.25. This is easy! Why didn't I do this years ago?

For comparison's purpose, at this time last year I had bought 46 books for $132. I'll also note a net TBR reduction of 18, including WIP. OD, PD and audio help keep this number flat; I won't be running out of books to read any time soon.

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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
When there's a book I want to buy, I now tend to just add it to my list at ereaderiq.com, and wait for it appear in a special offer.

But I now have 154 books listed there. And the list just keeps growing. I suspect that in a year or three, the list will be so big that I'll probably get an notification every day. Adding to the list might only be a short-term solution to not buying too many ebooks. We shall see.
FWIW, I keep an upper limit on the number of books allowed on my Amazon wishlist. I go through it regularly and jettison books that no longer seem as appealing or that I realize I'll never quite feel like reading.

As with anything, once the number gets out of hand the utility drops precipitously. This is just me, of course.
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