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Old 10-26-2009, 09:10 PM   #16
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How will you live if you don't buy any food? Grow your own?
I don't know if you're being obtuse on purpose here because you think it's funny, or if you genuinely don't get it, but if you re-read my first paragraph, it's pretty clear what kind of 'no buying' I am talking about.
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Old 10-26-2009, 09:16 PM   #17
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I'm looking forward to the new John Irving ... out this week...the only thing that will stop me is if the price is too high.

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Old 10-26-2009, 10:59 PM   #18
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I really would join if Nora Roberts didn't have 2 new books coming out next month. Sorry....
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Old 10-27-2009, 02:07 AM   #19
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Old 10-27-2009, 06:22 AM   #20
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How will you live if you don't buy any food? Grow your own?
I've got apples and pears! And I might be able to get some eggs from the neighbours and I have plenty of (that white stuff, what's it called?) as I generally buy that in bulk. Sugar and raisins and butter and I'm ready for a diet of apple/pear pies
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Old 10-27-2009, 07:24 AM   #21
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I'm gonna copy somebody else's grub.
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Old 10-27-2009, 07:31 AM   #22
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Old 10-27-2009, 07:36 AM   #23
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Wow a buncha rebels and rabble-rousers in here!
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Old 10-27-2009, 08:45 AM   #24
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Sure, it'll be pretty easy for me to continue not buying ebooks I think... I've got plenty of epubs and lits awaiting conversion to pdf...enough that I could last a month or two pretty easily without buying any more books.
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Old 10-27-2009, 09:19 AM   #25
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Sure, it'll be pretty easy for me to continue not buying ebooks I think... I've got plenty of epubs and lits awaiting conversion to pdf...enough that I could last a month or two pretty easily without buying any more books.
I finally managed to get to a book I bought in 2004... But that won't stop me from buying more
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Old 10-27-2009, 09:25 AM   #26
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So, who else is in? Anybody want to join me for a formal challenge here?
You're on. I solemnly promise not to spend anything on ebooks until 1st December 2009.
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Old 10-27-2009, 10:15 AM   #27
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I just bought 3 volumes of Lyonese at Fictionwise. I've never read the series or anything by Vance but it looked interesting. Are there more than the 3 books in the series? The 3 I bought are Suldrun's Garden, The Green Pearl, and Madouc.
There are just the three books in the series, The Complete Lyonesse is a reprint of all three in one volume, I will be buying it next year as I have all the novels in Dutch and German but not in English.

As to the no buying challenge, I still have not bought anything, not even food. I read two books so my tbr pile is getting smaller.
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Old 10-29-2009, 06:51 PM   #28
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You're on. I solemnly promise not to spend anything on ebooks until 1st December 2009.
I've just finished downloading all the books I'd bought but not downloaded, and added them to my "To be read" folder.

I now have 400 books to read. I won't need to buy any in November. Or for another two or three years, really.

And this isn't counting the various freebies that I've got from Amazon, Harlequin and other places, nor the numerous books from here that I've downloaded with the intention of getting to some time....


Hmm. I suppose the ebook scene will be quite a bit different at the end of 2012. Perhaps publishers will have seen the light and stopped using DRM.
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Old 11-02-2009, 05:19 PM   #29
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I didn't expect temptation to strike so quickly. I've just received the Fictionwise newsletter, and one of the items on my wishlist has just dropped below its target price.

But I haven't bought it.... only 28 more days to go!

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Old 11-02-2009, 05:31 PM   #30
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I did't expect temptation to strike so quickly. I've just received the Fictionwise newsletter, and one of the items on my wishlist has just dropped below its target price.

But I haven't bought it.... only 28 more days to go!
I tried to warn you!
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