Ebook Buying Addicts' Support Thread - Page 115

Quake1028 · 04-09-2013, 08:47 AM

Proud of you Paul

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pdurrant · 04-09-2013, 09:00 AM

Thank you!

My TBR is back down to 300 again, and I don't anticipate buying any more ebooks before May. Unless there'a a really good special offer on something.

Fbone · 04-09-2013, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Thank you!

My TBR is back down to 300 again, and I don't anticipate buying any more ebooks before May. Unless there'a a really good special offer on something.

That's great news.

Personally, I haven't purchased anything this year. I do add to my TBR pile regularly (and remove some too) but am currently satisfied with hard covers from the library.

jersysman · 04-09-2013, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Thank you!

My TBR is back down to 300 again, and I don't anticipate buying any more ebooks before May. Unless there'a a really good special offer on something.

With Fictionwise gone and Books on Board on the shelf, I wonder where that good special offer will be coming from.

pdurrant · 04-10-2013, 03:52 AM

Kindle daily deals. Kobo discount codes. B&N special offers.

For example, the excellent Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton that I bought earlier this month for £0.99 and which is now selling for £5.14. An 80% discount!

With the Baen Monthly bundles and my subscriptions to Analog, Asimov's and F&SF, (and a TBR of 300!) I can afford to wait for the rare bargains.

DrNefario · 04-10-2013, 08:19 AM

But it's not an 80% discount so much as 20% you wouldn't otherwise have spent...

(Tooth and Claw is my only recent non-wishlist purchase, too.)

issybird · 04-17-2013, 03:11 PM

I just counted up and I've read 12 purchased ebooks so far this year and bought 46. Oy. I could probably in justice shave something off the bought list, since I couldn't resist buying several Evelyn Waugh titles at the last BoB sale (and wish I'd bought more), but those are to replace my crumbling pbooks and not necessarily to be reread in the near term. Just the same....

My New Year's resolution was to ignore sales and coupons and only buy books (paying full and even agency price) when I was ready to read them, theorizing with a high degree of confidence that I'd save money. But the Kobo coupons in particular got me, especially the multi-use 40%-off ones in January and February.

Past time to get resolute. From now on, I can only buy a book just as I'm about to read it. That is, unless BoB comes back and I can buy the rest of those Waughs.

Every good rule has an exception!

pdurrant · 04-18-2013, 03:11 AM

So far this year I've read 56 paid-for books and bought 56 books. The last gasp of older Baen Monthly Bundles and some Kindle Daily Deals were my undoing.

jmilica · 04-18-2013, 12:45 PM

I think there should also be ereaders buying addict support group

Especially if they are going to release newer and newer ereaders every other month...
Not that I don't need help for ebooks

BelleZora · 04-18-2013, 01:21 PM

^ Yes, the Kobo Aura HD is calling to me as if I really need another ereader.

jersysman · 04-18-2013, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by BelleZora

^ Yes, the Kobo Aura HD is calling to me as if I really need another ereader.

If you can hold off a couple of months, you can find out what all the other big players are coming out with and get the best one. At least that is what I am going to TRY to do!

Of course I will want to fill that new ereader up with new ebooks. That will be a time when I will need to come here for an intervention.

applesauce · 04-20-2013, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmilica

I think there should also be ereaders buying addict support group

Especially if they are going to release newer and newer ereaders every other month...
Not that I don't need help for ebooks

I confess I gave in and brought a paperwhite. I jusr could not help myself the lure of the light. I have to admit it hurt when I gave my sister my touch. I loved it like one of my children hehehe.
I can not see anything that would lure me with newer models. It was the light, all about the light and cold winter mights coming.

applesauce

jersysman · 04-20-2013, 10:06 AM

I'm saving up for the Annual Georgette Heyer sale (hopefully). I have put off buying anything else. Can someone tell me around when does this happen?

pdurrant · 04-20-2013, 10:24 AM

I bought a load of Georgette Heyer books on 16 August 2012. So you have some time to save.

(She was born on 16 August 1902)

jersysman · 04-20-2013, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I bought a load of Georgette Heyer books on 16 August 2012. So you have some time to save.

(She was born on 16 August 1902)

So, I should be in fairly good shape if I can hold off on any purchases until then. I did buy a lot last year, but I want to finish out my collection.

Thanks for the info!

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04-09-2013, 08:47 AM	#1711
Quake1028 Guru Posts: 917 Karma: 9155462 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Device: See signature	Proud of you Paul .

04-09-2013, 09:00 AM	#1712
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Thank you! My TBR is back down to 300 again, and I don't anticipate buying any more ebooks before May. Unless there'a a really good special offer on something.

04-10-2013, 03:52 AM	#1715
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Kindle daily deals. Kobo discount codes. B&N special offers. For example, the excellent Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton that I bought earlier this month for £0.99 and which is now selling for £5.14. An 80% discount! With the Baen Monthly bundles and my subscriptions to Analog, Asimov's and F&SF, (and a TBR of 300!) I can afford to wait for the rare bargains.

04-10-2013, 08:19 AM	#1716
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,207 Karma: 12029046 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	But it's not an 80% discount so much as 20% you wouldn't otherwise have spent... (Tooth and Claw is my only recent non-wishlist purchase, too.)

04-17-2013, 03:11 PM	#1717
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,357 Karma: 235166015 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	I just counted up and I've read 12 purchased ebooks so far this year and bought 46. Oy. I could probably in justice shave something off the bought list, since I couldn't resist buying several Evelyn Waugh titles at the last BoB sale (and wish I'd bought more), but those are to replace my crumbling pbooks and not necessarily to be reread in the near term. Just the same.... My New Year's resolution was to ignore sales and coupons and only buy books (paying full and even agency price) when I was ready to read them, theorizing with a high degree of confidence that I'd save money. But the Kobo coupons in particular got me, especially the multi-use 40%-off ones in January and February. Past time to get resolute. From now on, I can only buy a book just as I'm about to read it. That is, unless BoB comes back and I can buy the rest of those Waughs. Every good rule has an exception!

04-18-2013, 03:11 AM	#1718
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	So far this year I've read 56 paid-for books and bought 56 books. The last gasp of older Baen Monthly Bundles and some Kindle Daily Deals were my undoing.

04-18-2013, 12:45 PM	#1719
jmilica Banned Posts: 335 Karma: 1545924 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: India Device: Kindle KB, Kindle PW	I think there should also be ereaders buying addict support group Especially if they are going to release newer and newer ereaders every other month... Not that I don't need help for ebooks

04-18-2013, 01:21 PM	#1720
BelleZora Wizard Posts: 1,442 Karma: 25151986 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Seattle, US Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Libra 2, Pocketbook Verse Pro Color	^ Yes, the Kobo Aura HD is calling to me as if I really need another ereader.

04-20-2013, 10:06 AM	#1723
jersysman Wizard Posts: 1,747 Karma: 3761220 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Device: T1 Red, Kindle Fire, Kindle PW, PW2, Nook HD+, Kobo Mini, Aura HD	I'm saving up for the Annual Georgette Heyer sale (hopefully). I have put off buying anything else. Can someone tell me around when does this happen?

04-20-2013, 10:24 AM	#1724
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I bought a load of Georgette Heyer books on 16 August 2012. So you have some time to save. (She was born on 16 August 1902)