Ebook Buying Addicts' Support Thread - Page 253

pdurrant · 02-24-2016, 09:03 AM

Surely you have something in your TBR that would fit in with your challenges?

issybird · 02-24-2016, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

I've been tempted to buy something. All the books on my reading list right now are out from the library and I have nothing to continue with my subchallenges right now. But I've got four books on hold at the library. Waiting. Patiently. Must not do it. that Omani novel I've got on my list is only $12.53. Or the pulp fiction one is only $6.83 or maybe my fantasy selection for $5.72?

It would keep my challenges going.

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Surely you have something in your TBR that would fit in with your challenges?

...or you could read something just for the heck of it!

Cinisajoy · 02-24-2016, 10:19 AM

I am cleaning out my freebies. I have started with the cookbooks. First time through the requirement is a working table of contents. I have deleted over 200 so far. 53 by one author alone.

HomeInMyShoes · 02-24-2016, 10:20 AM

@pdurrant and issybird: you're talking nonsense.

I'm just going to have to do some searching. I think I'll take the easier genres that I know are more difficult for me to find new countries for and read whatever I find.

As you suggest I should probably just read and worry about the lists later. All I need to do is find a genre I haven't read yet and go with that. Thriller. That should be easy with lots of things available.

HomeInMyShoes · 02-24-2016, 03:07 PM

Alright. Crisis averted. Managed to find a thriller book that wasn't on loan.

Tarana · 02-25-2016, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

@pdurrant and issybird: you're talking nonsense.

I'm just going to have to do some searching. I think I'll take the easier genres that I know are more difficult for me to find new countries for and read whatever I find.

As you suggest I should probably just read and worry about the lists later. All I need to do is find a genre I haven't read yet and go with that. Thriller. That should be easy with lots of things available.

If you get desperate, let me know. Since you have a Kindle, I can lend you a book through Amazon. I still haven't finished deleting all my free ones left and will probably finish with about 900 books that I bought.

That said, new countries COULD be hard, but I have a few.

HomeInMyShoes · 02-25-2016, 09:58 PM

English books from Western Africa are appreciated. They are the hard ones to find translation services for. Although I managed The Gambia and have a Guinea one lined up too. Anything from the the South Pacific as well.

Thanks for keeping me spend free everyone.

issybird · 02-29-2016, 10:20 AM

Time for my February wrap-up and it's very much a good news, bad news scenario.

The quite good: I've bought only five books for an outlay of only $9 (does not include Prime shipping credits, which do not count!). So I'm cruising on that front. The outlay is trivial and the accumulation isn't bad, either, considering I read 12 books this month (and will probably finish another today).

But.

Of the 12 books I've read this month, once I eliminate paper books, OverDrive books, public domain books and audiobooks, I'm left with exactly one ebook which I bought. So I've added a net four books to the virtual stack that is my Hydra-headed elibrary.

pdurrant · 02-29-2016, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by issybird

I've bought only five books
[snip]
I read 12 books this month.

Pretty good! I've bought 10 and read 18 (probably 19 by the end of today.)

With a few discarded, and a few freebies added, I'm now only 17 up on the start of the year.

Yolina · 03-02-2016, 12:20 PM

I've only added 2 books to my library since using up the last of my mountain of no-rush credits a few weeks ago. Both of these books were free (1 from Kindle First and 1 from Samsung free book thingy)

However there's a £12 Amazon credit coming my way. They've just recalled some UK power adapters that were bundled with the Fire 7" - options are either get a free replacement adapter or a £12 credit to you account

I've never even used the bundled adapter so...

Rev. Bob · 03-05-2016, 01:30 AM

Well, I should be able to make a better dent in my TBR pile soon. I finished editing a book that's been eating a lot of my time and mental energy, the author's got it up for preorder, and I should be able to tie off the last bits of that project when the edits for a short story come back. (I still need to build the omnibus that includes all three shorts. That'll be fun.)

Anyway, I think it may be time for something completely silly. I picked up some digital Deadpool collections for $4 each, and I've got the last volume (as in, series conclusion) of a manga series on hand, so I might hit those this weekend.

Meanwhile, I've been grinding through Perk's apps as opportunity permits... which, since I can let Perk TV run on a tablet while I work, is pretty much all the time. If I'm not using the device for anything else, I can rack up a couple of thousand points in a day. A point is worth a tenth of a cent, and earning Perk points lets me convert some of my Viggle backlog over, so on average I can snag a $25 Amazon gift card in four to six days. I've picked up a few inexpensive wishlist books with that credit, but I prefer to reserve it for Blu-rays. The important thing is that it's a way to drop my entertainment budget quite a bit.

Now, if only I could find a way to apply Amazon Visa reward points to ebooks...

Tarana · 03-05-2016, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Rev. Bob

lets me convert some of my Viggle backlog over, so on average I can snag a $25 Amazon gift card in four to six days. I've picked up a few inexpensive wishlist books with that credit, but I prefer to reserve it for Blu-rays. The important thing is that it's a way to drop my entertainment budget quite a bit.

Now, if only I could find a way to apply Amazon Visa reward points to ebooks...

I gave up with Viggle after getting the only book I wanted that wasn't available at my local library in either ebook or audio. My problem is that I don't have the TV on most of the time and yeah, well, just didn't work out. I have Netflix, so the other offerings don't really interest me...

Have you tried buying an Amazon Gift Card with your Visa Rewards? I don't see why that wouldn't work. Then attach the Gift Card to your account. That will catch all those little purchases. You just need to remember to UNCHECK the Gift Card residue when you buy something else from Amazon. Unfortunately, if you buy a special deal, like the Echo Dot, it doesn't give you a choice and then you have to go to Customer Service to have them fix it (ask me how I know this?).

Finally, you read the funniest titles. I mean the titles are funny....sometimes the book is only so-so, but you keep sucking me in.

Tarana · 03-05-2016, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Alright. Crisis averted. Managed to find a thriller book that wasn't on loan.

I'm glad. I found that most of my books were N. American or European authors. Not much outside of that (I primarily read scifi, fantasy and murder mysteries. Although, that said, William Stuart Long (aka Vivian Stuart) could qualify as an Australian author, if you need one.

Rev. Bob · 03-06-2016, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Tarana

I gave up with Viggle after getting the only book I wanted that wasn't available at my local library in either ebook or audio. My problem is that I don't have the TV on most of the time and yeah, well, just didn't work out. I have Netflix, so the other offerings don't really interest me...

I don't have much use for Viggle since Perk bought 'em. There are other Perk apps that have a much better return-on-effort rate. For example, I have Perk TV Live running on my iPad while I'm cruising MR on my laptop. When I see the "red circles" screen that indicates the app's idle, I tap the screen and cue another set of (usually 5) ads, worth two points each. That's much better than opening Viggle and having to tap once per ad for one or (sometimes) two points each. I can also run Perk TV (yes, that's a different app) and score points at a lower rate, but I only have to interact with it once every hour or so.

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Originally Posted by Tarana

Have you tried buying an Amazon Gift Card with your Visa Rewards?

Yep; that's a standard workaround. It's just an inconvenience I wish I didn't have to deal with.

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Originally Posted by Tarana

Finally, you read the funniest titles. I mean the titles are funny....sometimes the book is only so-so, but you keep sucking me in.

Wait'll I get around to reading Shero 2: Zombie A GoGo and Shero 3: Death by Cosplay. As a rough sketch, imagine RuPaul with superpowers, on a pretty standard superhero team - as told by an omniscient narrator with Deadpool-esque snark. (Note: Although the hero is a crossdresser, the books are not erotica.)

Then again, I do have Vampire Cheerleaders in Space...and Time?! waiting for my attention, and it's the series finale. Hmmm...

pdurrant · 03-06-2016, 05:09 AM

Sigh. With the SF Humble Bundle, I'm now up 36 ebooks on the start of the year. And I've just bought the first ten of Lindsey Davis's Falco series, since they're on offer today at £0.99 each at Amazon UK. Luckily they're not going on my TBR list, as I've already read them in paper. This was more a purchase so that I can discard the paper copies.

I am not doing too well this year!

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02-24-2016, 09:03 AM	#3781
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Surely you have something in your TBR that would fit in with your challenges?

02-24-2016, 10:19 AM	#3783
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	I am cleaning out my freebies. I have started with the cookbooks. First time through the requirement is a working table of contents. I have deleted over 200 so far. 53 by one author alone.

02-24-2016, 10:20 AM	#3784
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	@pdurrant and issybird: you're talking nonsense. I'm just going to have to do some searching. I think I'll take the easier genres that I know are more difficult for me to find new countries for and read whatever I find. As you suggest I should probably just read and worry about the lists later. All I need to do is find a genre I haven't read yet and go with that. Thriller. That should be easy with lots of things available.

02-24-2016, 03:07 PM	#3785
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Alright. Crisis averted. Managed to find a thriller book that wasn't on loan.

02-25-2016, 09:58 PM	#3787
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	English books from Western Africa are appreciated. They are the hard ones to find translation services for. Although I managed The Gambia and have a Guinea one lined up too. Anything from the the South Pacific as well. Thanks for keeping me spend free everyone.

02-29-2016, 10:20 AM	#3788
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,343 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Time for my February wrap-up and it's very much a good news, bad news scenario. The quite good: I've bought only five books for an outlay of only $9 (does not include Prime shipping credits, which do not count!). So I'm cruising on that front. The outlay is trivial and the accumulation isn't bad, either, considering I read 12 books this month (and will probably finish another today). But. Of the 12 books I've read this month, once I eliminate paper books, OverDrive books, public domain books and audiobooks, I'm left with exactly one ebook which I bought. So I've added a net four books to the virtual stack that is my Hydra-headed elibrary.

03-02-2016, 12:20 PM	#3790
Yolina Wizard Posts: 1,179 Karma: 11573197 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Voyage	I've only added 2 books to my library since using up the last of my mountain of no-rush credits a few weeks ago. Both of these books were free (1 from Kindle First and 1 from Samsung free book thingy) However there's a £12 Amazon credit coming my way. They've just recalled some UK power adapters that were bundled with the Fire 7" - options are either get a free replacement adapter or a £12 credit to you account I've never even used the bundled adapter so...

03-05-2016, 01:30 AM	#3791
Rev. Bob Wizard Posts: 1,760 Karma: 9918418 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Here on the perimeter, there are no stars Device: Kobo H2O, iPad mini 3, Kindle Touch	Well, I should be able to make a better dent in my TBR pile soon. I finished editing a book that's been eating a lot of my time and mental energy, the author's got it up for preorder, and I should be able to tie off the last bits of that project when the edits for a short story come back. (I still need to build the omnibus that includes all three shorts. That'll be fun.) Anyway, I think it may be time for something completely silly. I picked up some digital Deadpool collections for $4 each, and I've got the last volume (as in, series conclusion) of a manga series on hand, so I might hit those this weekend. Meanwhile, I've been grinding through Perk's apps as opportunity permits... which, since I can let Perk TV run on a tablet while I work, is pretty much all the time. If I'm not using the device for anything else, I can rack up a couple of thousand points in a day. A point is worth a tenth of a cent, and earning Perk points lets me convert some of my Viggle backlog over, so on average I can snag a $25 Amazon gift card in four to six days. I've picked up a few inexpensive wishlist books with that credit, but I prefer to reserve it for Blu-rays. The important thing is that it's a way to drop my entertainment budget quite a bit. Now, if only I could find a way to apply Amazon Visa reward points to ebooks...

03-06-2016, 05:09 AM	#3795
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,082 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Sigh. With the SF Humble Bundle, I'm now up 36 ebooks on the start of the year. And I've just bought the first ten of Lindsey Davis's Falco series, since they're on offer today at £0.99 each at Amazon UK. Luckily they're not going on my TBR list, as I've already read them in paper. This was more a purchase so that I can discard the paper copies. I am not doing too well this year!