How many e-books have you read so far?

ficbot · 12-24-2008, 03:13 PM

Just wondering, for those who keep track, how many e-books you have read. More than 50? More than 100? I started keeping track when I got my eBookwise, and had to reconstruct my Palm reading from memory, so I may have missed a few. But here's my rough tally:

Free Reads (Gutenberg, etc.)
49 books

Fictionwise (Purchases)
27 books

Other (Tor freebies, author downloads)
11 books

Total: 87 books

NOTE: I probably read about a dozen novel-length fanfics too but I am not counting those. I may redo my spreadsheet and include them, I may not.

For those wondering about the cost (remembering that the free reads help amortize the total) here is my approximate spending:

On devices (not counting computers or devices bought for multi-purpose)
$300 (eBookwise, 2 Palm m125s, portion of iPod Touch)

On books (all from Fictionwise)
$376.6

Total spent:$676.6

So, if you divide that cost by the number of books I have read, the average cost per book is $7.78 wich is still cheaper than buying each of those books in paper

If you add in the Fictionwise purchases still on my to-read pile (I buy when there are sales, then read them when I can) my cost per book will fall to about $3.50.

So, for those keeping track, how many e-books have you read so far?

pilotbob · 12-24-2008, 03:15 PM

26

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/PilotBob&tag=ebook

BOb

lilac_jive · 12-24-2008, 04:06 PM

I think around 40, all from Sony's site. Don't know how much, but probably on average of $6.50 each.

Nate the great · 12-24-2008, 04:31 PM

I can't give an exact answer, but I would estimate the number to be in the high three digits.

worxland · 12-24-2008, 04:44 PM

Around 40 in 4 months - all of them novels.

junkml · 12-24-2008, 05:02 PM

I can't give an exact count, but I've been reading ebooks since around 1999 (started with Nuvomedia's Rocket Ebook). So I'd have to say my tally is in the hundreds, at least.

acprinter · 12-24-2008, 05:08 PM

64 books, almost all from manybooks.

shighfield · 12-24-2008, 05:31 PM

Couldn't count them all since '99 myself.

I know I have 290 books on my Fictionwise bookshelf and they have all been read. Then there's all teh free ones, etc... On average 10 books a month so aprox 1080 of them?

ShortNCuddlyAm · 12-24-2008, 05:32 PM

I've not read enough

Elsi · 12-24-2008, 06:10 PM

I bought my Kindle at the beginning of the year and unwrapped it on 21 February. (They were backordered at first and then it arrived while I was in England.) Of the 137 books I have read this year -- so far -- 55 of them have been electronic books.

Sources:

Baen free library: 6
Purchased from Baen/Webscriptions: 8
Free from Feedbooks: 3
Free from MobileRead: 5
Purchased from Fictionwise: 5
Free from TOR: 2
Free from Amazon: 3
Purchased from Amazon: 21
Free from Steve Jordan: 1
Unknown source: 1

The last electronic book I finished reading was Rules of Engagement by Elizabeth Moon, which I purchased from Baen. I'm currently in the middle of four other electronic books:

A Passage to India by E M Forster, purchased from Amazon
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris, purchased from Amazon
Spacial Delivery by Gordon R Dickson, purchased from Baen
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, unknown origin

I have *lots* of books queued up to read, but the electronic ones compete with the paper books that I read in my book-swapping group. Most of December, I've been catching up with my obligations there so of the 13 books I've completed in December, only one of those was an eBook.

Jadon · 12-24-2008, 06:55 PM

I've had my eBookwise almost exactly three years. In that time I've read 199 novels, 27 anthologies, 8 nonfiction books, 329 individual sub-novel stories, and 9 nonfiction essays on it.

The longest has been 4830 pages, at the largest-font settings I use, which equates to about 4.3 screens per paperback page.

pdurrant · 12-24-2008, 07:15 PM

I've read just over 1400 ebooks, as near as I can reckon it.

I've bought around 850 from fictionwise, over 600 from webscriptions. Others are from various freebies and a few from other retailers.

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Originally Posted by ficbot

Just wondering, for those who keep track, how many e-books you have read. More than 50? More than 100?

slayda · 12-24-2008, 07:18 PM

A bunch but not nearly as many as I've bought and you people keep finding freebies.

Good thing I'm retired and have time to read.

delphidb96 · 12-25-2008, 02:30 AM

Well into the triple-digits. Right now I'm wending my way through William Shatner's "Star Fleet Academy: Collision Course" - with side trips to Jane Lindskold's "The Buried Pyramid" and Kay Hooper's "Stealing Shadows".

Derek

Jellby · 12-25-2008, 05:09 AM

42

Well... maybe not, but it could be around that number.

I think it's 39 created by myself (and 4 more in the process), and around 10 downloaded from here... That's ~50 in total, in less than one year.

12-24-2008, 03:13 PM	#1
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	How many e-books have you read so far? Just wondering, for those who keep track, how many e-books you have read. More than 50? More than 100? I started keeping track when I got my eBookwise, and had to reconstruct my Palm reading from memory, so I may have missed a few. But here's my rough tally: Free Reads (Gutenberg, etc.) 49 books Fictionwise (Purchases) 27 books Other (Tor freebies, author downloads) 11 books Total: 87 books NOTE: I probably read about a dozen novel-length fanfics too but I am not counting those. I may redo my spreadsheet and include them, I may not. For those wondering about the cost (remembering that the free reads help amortize the total) here is my approximate spending: On devices (not counting computers or devices bought for multi-purpose) $300 (eBookwise, 2 Palm m125s, portion of iPod Touch) On books (all from Fictionwise) $376.6 Total spent:$676.6 So, if you divide that cost by the number of books I have read, the average cost per book is $7.78 wich is still cheaper than buying each of those books in paper If you add in the Fictionwise purchases still on my to-read pile (I buy when there are sales, then read them when I can) my cost per book will fall to about $3.50. So, for those keeping track, how many e-books have you read so far?

12-24-2008, 06:10 PM	#10
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,366 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	I bought my Kindle at the beginning of the year and unwrapped it on 21 February. (They were backordered at first and then it arrived while I was in England.) Of the 137 books I have read this year -- so far -- 55 of them have been electronic books. Sources: Baen free library: 6 Purchased from Baen/Webscriptions: 8 Free from Feedbooks: 3 Free from MobileRead: 5 Purchased from Fictionwise: 5 Free from TOR: 2 Free from Amazon: 3 Purchased from Amazon: 21 Free from Steve Jordan: 1 Unknown source: 1 The last electronic book I finished reading was *Rules of Engagement* by Elizabeth Moon, which I purchased from Baen. I'm currently in the middle of four other electronic books: *A Passage to India* by E M Forster, purchased from Amazon *Club Dead* by Charlaine Harris, purchased from Amazon *Spacial Delivery* by Gordon R Dickson, purchased from Baen *Cryptonomicon* by Neal Stephenson, unknown origin I have lots of books queued up to read, but the electronic ones compete with the paper books that I read in my book-swapping group. Most of December, I've been catching up with my obligations there so of the 13 books I've completed in December, only one of those was an eBook.

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12-24-2008, 03:15 PM	#2
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	26 http://www.librarything.com/catalog/PilotBob&tag=ebook BOb

12-24-2008, 04:06 PM	#3
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	I think around 40, all from Sony's site. Don't know how much, but probably on average of $6.50 each.

12-24-2008, 04:31 PM	#4
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I can't give an exact answer, but I would estimate the number to be in the high three digits.

12-24-2008, 04:44 PM	#5
worxland Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hungary Device: PRS-505, Paperwhite	Around 40 in 4 months - all of them novels.

12-24-2008, 05:02 PM	#6
junkml Addict Posts: 277 Karma: 1004969 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: Sony Reader	I can't give an exact count, but I've been reading ebooks since around 1999 (started with Nuvomedia's Rocket Ebook). So I'd have to say my tally is in the hundreds, at least.

12-24-2008, 05:08 PM	#7
acprinter Groupie Posts: 163 Karma: 3141364 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: California Gold Country Device: Paperwhite 11th generation	64 books, almost all from manybooks.

12-24-2008, 05:31 PM	#8
shighfield Groupie!? GROUPIE!?!? Posts: 319 Karma: 649 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The Dirty Shwa Device: EBW 1150, Libra Color	Couldn't count them all since '99 myself. I know I have 290 books on my Fictionwise bookshelf and they have all been read. Then there's all teh free ones, etc... On average 10 books a month so aprox 1080 of them?

12-24-2008, 05:32 PM	#9
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	I've not read enough

12-24-2008, 06:55 PM	#11
Jadon Hermit Posts: 192 Karma: 9425 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Kindle Keyboard, Kobo Glo	I've had my eBookwise almost exactly three years. In that time I've read 199 novels, 27 anthologies, 8 nonfiction books, 329 individual sub-novel stories, and 9 nonfiction essays on it. The longest has been 4830 pages, at the largest-font settings I use, which equates to about 4.3 screens per paperback page.

12-24-2008, 07:18 PM	#13
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	A bunch but not nearly as many as I've bought and you people keep finding freebies. Good thing I'm retired and have time to read.

12-25-2008, 02:30 AM	#14
delphidb96 Wizard Posts: 2,999 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Citrus Heights, California Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V	Well into the triple-digits. Right now I'm wending my way through William Shatner's "Star Fleet Academy: Collision Course" - with side trips to Jane Lindskold's "The Buried Pyramid" and Kay Hooper's "Stealing Shadows". Derek

12-25-2008, 05:09 AM	#15
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,570 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	42 Well... maybe not, but it could be around that number. I think it's 39 created by myself (and 4 more in the process), and around 10 downloaded from here... That's ~50 in total, in less than one year.