Ebook Buying Addicts' Support Thread - Page 118

Logseman · 05-22-2013, 07:41 AM

I'd recommend every tsundoku to move to Spain and see how expensive it can get to fulfill their passions. Freebies? Fuhgetaboudit. Discounts? Up to 10%, and legally nothing more. Prices? From $10, for shallow romance and other brief stuff to $20 for big name authors. That would cure you...

pdurrant · 05-22-2013, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Logseman

I'd recommend every tsundoku to move to Spain and see how expensive it can get to fulfill their passions. Freebies? Fuhgetaboudit. Discounts? Up to 10%, and legally nothing more. Prices? From $10, for shallow romance and other brief stuff to $20 for big name authors. That would cure you...

Ouch. Those are painful prices. I very rarely pay more than $10 for an ebook, and the vast majority of my purchases are $5 or less.

PurpleStar · 05-22-2013, 12:17 PM

Confession time! Today I bought Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey for 99 cents. I have the first book in the series which I bought for cheap awhile back, so how could I pass up the second book for that price even if I haven't read the first one yet.

The other books I bought this month were also a dollar each(2 books) and the other one I bought this month was only $2.99. I would say I'm doing pretty good!! Well, except for the hundreds and hundreds of freebies. At least those don't count against my bank account, but they do help feed the addiction of "buying" books!

pdurrant · 05-22-2013, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by PurpleStar

Confession time! Today I bought Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey for 99 cents. I have the first book in the series which I bought for cheap awhile back, so how could I pass up the second book for that price even if I haven't read the first one yet.

It's always risky buying more in a series when you haven't read the first one yet. There's at least one series where I regretted doing that.

PurpleStar · 05-22-2013, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

It's always risky buying more in a series when you haven't read the first one yet. There's at least one series where I regretted doing that.

I know, but I paid $1.99 for the first one and $0.99 for the second, so it's not that big a deal.

pdurrant · 05-22-2013, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by PurpleStar

I know, but I paid $1.99 for the first one and $0.99 for the second, so it's not that big a deal.

Hmm... if you pay $0.49 for the next and $0.24 for the next and $0.12 for the next and .... etc., you can get the rest of the series (no matter how long it is) for less than $1 more.

PurpleStar · 05-22-2013, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Hmm... if you pay $0.49 for the next and $0.24 for the next and $0.12 for the next and .... etc., you can get the rest of the series (no matter how long it is) for less than $1 more.

Well, that would be crazy!!

Fbone · 05-26-2013, 12:51 AM

I took advantage of the Kobo contest and purchased 6 ebooks spending $17 total. All were on my TBR list. One was on it for 2 years but was rather pricey so I held off waiting for a price reduction that never occurred. But Kobo's 75% promo code did the trick. The other 5 titles were reduced by 55% codes. These were my first purchases for 2013.

pdurrant · 05-26-2013, 04:21 AM

$2.83 per book is a pretty good price. My average purchase price for the year so far is $2.99. But I've bought 70 books, not 6!

I think one of us is managing their addiction better than the other.

drofgnal · 05-26-2013, 05:50 AM

I check the Kindle daily deals everyday. Today I picked up Gone with the Wind and A tree grows in Brooklyn for 1.99 each. I've bought a lot of good books this way.

issybird · 05-26-2013, 06:41 AM

This is how many books I bought in the recent Kobo contest:

Spoiler:

My plan for the year was to shift to a just in time system, where I bought whatever I wanted, price no object, only as I was about to crack it. I still think it's a good system and I hope now that I've made it through one sale, my powers of resistance will maintain.

pdurrant · 05-26-2013, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by issybird

My plan for the year was to shift to a just in time system, where I bought whatever I wanted, price no object, only as I was about to crack it. I still think it's a good system and I hope now that I've made it through one sale, my powers of resistance will maintain.

If it works for you, it's a good plan.

My plan is to eventually get down to just a few months of TBR, just enough so that I can wait for bargains to come up in my wish list, rather than buying fulll-price.

So down to a TBR or 50-100 instead of the current 300ish.

bgalbrecht · 05-27-2013, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by drofgnal

I check the Kindle daily deals everyday. Today I picked up Gone with the Wind and A tree grows in Brooklyn for 1.99 each. I've bought a lot of good books this way.

I know it's still under copyright in the US, but I just can't buy Gone with the Wind knowing that it's available for free at one of the foreign Project Gutenbergs.

pdurrant · 05-28-2013, 01:01 PM

The SpringSave80 Kobo code has broken my resolve, but it was a new book in a favourite series: Thraxas and the Ice Dragon, a recently published (March 2013) new book in Martin Scott's fantasy series.

£0.89 hardly counts, does it?

Quexos · 05-28-2013, 05:18 PM

Brothers and sisters, I have been cured.
The miracle cure is called DRM ...

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Ebook Buying Addicts' Support Thread

05-26-2013, 06:41 AM	#1766
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	This is how many books I bought in the recent Kobo contest: Spoiler: None! Yea, me! It helped that I didn't get anything better than 30% off, which has become a lackluster discount. My plan for the year was to shift to a just in time system, where I bought whatever I wanted, price no object, only as I was about to crack it. I still think it's a good system and I hope now that I've made it through one sale, my powers of resistance will maintain.

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05-22-2013, 07:41 AM	#1756
Logseman Orisa Posts: 2,001 Karma: 1035571 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Device: Onyx Poke 5	I'd recommend every tsundoku to move to Spain and see how expensive it can get to fulfill their passions. Freebies? Fuhgetaboudit. Discounts? Up to 10%, and legally nothing more. Prices? From $10, for shallow romance and other brief stuff to $20 for big name authors. That would cure you...

05-22-2013, 12:17 PM	#1758
PurpleStar Wizard Posts: 1,625 Karma: 11387182 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Clara BW, Kindle Paperwhite (11th Gen)	Confession time! Today I bought Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey for 99 cents. I have the first book in the series which I bought for cheap awhile back, so how could I pass up the second book for that price even if I haven't read the first one yet. The other books I bought this month were also a dollar each(2 books) and the other one I bought this month was only $2.99. I would say I'm doing pretty good!! Well, except for the hundreds and hundreds of freebies. At least those don't count against my bank account, but they do help feed the addiction of "buying" books!

05-26-2013, 12:51 AM	#1763
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,298 Karma: 101697116 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	I took advantage of the Kobo contest and purchased 6 ebooks spending $17 total. All were on my TBR list. One was on it for 2 years but was rather pricey so I held off waiting for a price reduction that never occurred. But Kobo's 75% promo code did the trick. The other 5 titles were reduced by 55% codes. These were my first purchases for 2013.

05-26-2013, 04:21 AM	#1764
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	$2.83 per book is a pretty good price. My average purchase price for the year so far is $2.99. But I've bought 70 books, not 6! I think one of us is managing their addiction better than the other.

05-26-2013, 05:50 AM	#1765
drofgnal Wizard Posts: 1,410 Karma: 10519918 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Ipad Pro/Kindle Oasis 3/iPhone 13 Pro Max	I check the Kindle daily deals everyday. Today I picked up Gone with the Wind and A tree grows in Brooklyn for 1.99 each. I've bought a lot of good books this way.

05-28-2013, 01:01 PM	#1769
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	The SpringSave80 Kobo code has broken my resolve, but it was a new book in a favourite series: Thraxas and the Ice Dragon, a recently published (March 2013) new book in Martin Scott's fantasy series. £0.89 hardly counts, does it?