Ebook Buying Addicts' Support Thread - Page 124

pdurrant · 08-30-2013, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by gabby98

wow...way more organized {cough - ocd} that I am...and i thought I kept things just so

Custom columns in calibre and an email archive that stretches back to the early 1990s...

It's not hard keeping it up to date now. Just two extra fields whenever I add a book: where bought and price paid. I'm using the date added to calibre as the date bought field, so that gets filled in automatically for new books.

Grace Elliot · 08-31-2013, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Yes.

From the Author: 76
Amazon: 81
Baen: 820
Books on Board: 56
CyberRead: 2
Dragon Moon Publishing: 1
Fictionwise: 1137
Humble Bundle: 1
Kobo: 16
Pan Macmillan: 1
Phoenix Pick: 3
Pottermore: 8
Smashwords: 5
Sony: 1
Waterstones: 4
WHSmith: 2

This is fascinating. For one thing, you must have the patience of the saint to find anything on the WH SMith website - but there again, I visited there when I had a Sony 550 - all those years ago and haven't been back since.
My question is this - why do you shop around? Can you not find the titles you want on a specific website, or is it that you are a browser and books catch your eye?

pdurrant · 08-31-2013, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Grace Elliot

My question is this - why do you shop around? Can you not find the titles you want on a specific website, or is it that you are a browser and books catch your eye?

You need to bear in mind that I've been buying ebooks for over ten years now.

And the vast majority of my purchases have been from Fictionwise and Baen.

I think that Amazon will take over (mostly) from Fictionwise in my buying, especially their daily deals. But Kobo's coupons also make that book store irresistible. Being prepared to wait for bargains is something that I've learned to do. It's why my average purchase price is around $3.

The other stores? Some are direct from the author, and the others would have been because of a store-specific special offer or availability.

I don't really expect to buy many books anywhere except Baen, Amazon, Kobo and author sites.

Perhaps I should look more at Waterstones and WHSmith. But while something like A Mighty Fortress by David Weber is £2.99 at Amazon and £4.19 at WHSmith, there isn't much incentive to check.

Hey - the next one's out! Umm... whoops. At £3.82 it's a bit higher than my usual purchase price, but I've got to have it.

poohbear_nc · 08-31-2013, 06:10 PM

You realize, of course, if the great Ebook settlement actually occurs as promised, the resulting influx of cash in the form of credit to buy yet more ebooks will make this thread implode .... and drag a screaming mouse into the vortex of spiraling ebook numbers ....

[screaming with joy that is]

pdurrant · 08-31-2013, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

You realize, of course, if the great Ebook settlement actually occurs as promised, the resulting influx of cash in the form of credit to buy yet more ebooks will make this thread implode .... and drag a screaming mouse into the vortex of spiraling ebook numbers ....

[screaming with joy that is]

I don't think any settlement rebate is due for people in the EU?

Also, I don't think I bought any ebooks at the agency prices. They were just too high for me!

poohbear_nc · 08-31-2013, 06:19 PM

True .... I'll do the screaming for you ... if & when & if I ever get my credit ....

PurpleStar · 08-31-2013, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I don't think any settlement rebate is due for people in the EU?

Also, I don't think I bought any ebooks at the agency prices. They were just too high for me!

Nope, I think it's only for people in the U.S. And only for books bought on Amazon. I bought some on Kobo and I'm Canadian, so I guess I don't count!

CRussel · 08-31-2013, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I don't think any settlement rebate is due for people in the EU?

Also, I don't think I bought any ebooks at the agency prices. They were just too high for me!

Only US, and only for agency books. Like you, I don't think I'll have many, if any. Not even sure I'll be eligible, since I'm Canadian, through for Amazon, I'm American.

Rita Lee Chapman · 08-31-2013, 09:38 PM

Hi Pomtroll - think you'll have to up your limit or only go for freebies for the rest of the month!

gabby98 · 09-06-2013, 02:10 PM

OK...so I just reviewed my Amazon orders for the month thus far and I have 22 ebooks and it's only the 6th. that does not include B&N or Smashwords. Granted they were all free, but I am starting to wonder if I just click...click...click on free ones not matter what.

If this month follow anything like August (especially after I total the other sites) I think I may have a problem

. Amazon alone for August was a total of 130 books, some bundles, totaling $3.99.

PurpleStar · 09-06-2013, 02:34 PM

I did really well last month. Didn't buy any books, at least not with my bank account. I did buy some with gift cards I got from Swagbucks and other sites like that, of course. I also cut down on the freebies since I never get to reading them anyway. Let's hope for more of the same this month!

pdurrant · 09-06-2013, 03:52 PM

I don't count freebies. Granted, I read very few of the ones I download. But they cost no cash and very little in terms of time to download and put in calibre. And I may get around to them one day.

gabby98 · 09-06-2013, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I don't count freebies. Granted, I read very few of the ones I download. But they cost no cash and very little in terms of time to download and put in calibre. And I may get around to them one day.

That's pretty much how I feel, but wonder if i may be overdoing it...besides, maybe clicking away on the freebies (and the broke/cheap aspect of my personality) is what keeps my other purchases in check?! lol

Grace Elliot · 09-09-2013, 04:35 PM

Perhaps I went a little mad over the summer holiday's but my book buying habit seems to have slowed since I went back to work (I wonder if there's a connection?)

Valentino · 09-10-2013, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I don't count freebies. Granted, I read very few of the ones I download. But they cost no cash and very little in terms of time to download and put in calibre. And I may get around to them one day.

Freebies are a waste of time not cash, besides the free classics.
I used to get the free for a limited time books.
They were all bad and I never actually finished reading one.

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08-31-2013, 06:10 PM	#1849
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,674 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	You realize, of course, if the great Ebook settlement actually occurs as promised, the resulting influx of cash in the form of credit to buy yet more ebooks will make this thread implode .... and drag a screaming mouse into the vortex of spiraling ebook numbers .... [screaming with joy that is]

08-31-2013, 06:19 PM	#1851
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,674 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	True .... I'll do the screaming for you ... if & when & if I ever get my credit ....

08-31-2013, 09:38 PM	#1854
Rita Lee Chapman rchapman1 Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Queensland, Australia Device: e-reader	Hi Pomtroll - think you'll have to up your limit or only go for freebies for the rest of the month!

09-06-2013, 02:10 PM	#1855
gabby98 Wizard Posts: 1,751 Karma: 2667650 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Android, Nook Simple Touch, Nook Color, ..., Glo	OK...so I just reviewed my Amazon orders for the month thus far and I have 22 ebooks and it's only the 6th. that does not include B&N or Smashwords. Granted they were all free, but I am starting to wonder if I just click...click...click on free ones not matter what. If this month follow anything like August (especially after I total the other sites) I think I may have a problem . Amazon alone for August was a total of 130 books, some bundles, totaling $3.99.

09-06-2013, 02:34 PM	#1856
PurpleStar Wizard Posts: 1,625 Karma: 11387182 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Clara BW, Kindle Paperwhite (11th Gen)	I did really well last month. Didn't buy any books, at least not with my bank account. I did buy some with gift cards I got from Swagbucks and other sites like that, of course. I also cut down on the freebies since I never get to reading them anyway. Let's hope for more of the same this month!

09-06-2013, 03:52 PM	#1857
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 don't count freebies. Granted, I read very few of the ones I download. But they cost no cash and very little in terms of time to download and put in calibre. And I may get around to them one day.

09-09-2013, 04:35 PM	#1859
Grace Elliot Groupie Posts: 186 Karma: 1317334 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: London Device: kindle	Perhaps I went a little mad over the summer holiday's but my book buying habit seems to have slowed since I went back to work (I wonder if there's a connection?)