Ebook Buying Addicts' Support Thread - Page 251

Tarana · 02-13-2016, 11:53 PM

I have a gadget addiction as well as a ebook/audiobook buying addiction, but I resisted. Got the note about the $39 Fire and REMINDED myself that I already have a Fire HDX. I think I'm still just adjusting to fewer gadgets. I traded in 2 of my kindle keyboards and a 6" button basic and I am kindof missing them. I am a little disappointed in my Voyage, but I'll get over it. I keep wanting it to do some things that the Kindle Keyboard does and it doesn't do it! I still have another Kindle Keyboard and a Nook Glo and HD+.

I'm finally getting around to read some of those Baen bundled toss-in books. One was ho hum, but one was surprisingly good (Dragon's Eye by Christopher Stasheff), so looking forward to more. I haven't bought any Baen Bundles since November because I have this huge backlog of them.

pdurrant · 02-14-2016, 05:28 AM

I had to resist the cheap Fire for exactly the same reason! It's a wonderful price, but I don't need it.

tammao · 02-14-2016, 06:11 PM

I only add a freebie to my TBR if I would have bought it as a discounted non-freebie.

pdurrant · 02-15-2016, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by tammao

I only add a freebie to my TBR if I would have bought it as a discounted non-freebie.

An excellent point. I do the same.

CRussel · 02-15-2016, 07:20 AM

I've reached the point where I won't take a freebie unless I would have bought it anyway and intend to read it in the near future. No more freebies just because they are free.

issybird · 02-15-2016, 07:40 AM

I also gave up on freebies long ago. I purged my library at Amazon, which was an extremely slow process since it had to be done one. book. at. a. time. and learned my lesson. The cost of free is too high.

DrNefario · 02-15-2016, 08:31 AM

I count freebies as TBR, since I own them and haven't read them. On the other hand, I'm not too fussed about the overall total of my TBR (around 1200), rather just the movement up and down. I accept that I will never read some of the books I own. Some of them, I don't really want to read, but haven't got to the point of definitely eliminating. Some I might have read if I ever ran out of everything else to read, which used to happen back when I was broke and paper was the only option, but isn't likely to happen now.

Even if I try to filter down to a Real TBR of Books I Actually Want to Read, I always find there are too many edge cases.

So, yes, I mainly avoid freebies, too, now.

Yolina · 02-15-2016, 09:57 AM

I count freebies in my TBR pile too, but I only get them if I want to read them and not just because they're free

My TBR has obviously increased now that I've spent all my mountain of no-rush credits, but it's at a very manageable level of 259 (I normally go through about 150 to 200 a year) so I'm feeling quite virtuous

pdurrant · 02-15-2016, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Yolina

I count freebies in my TBR pile too, but I only get them if I want to read them and not just because they're free

My TBR has obviously increased now that I've spent all my mountain of no-rush credits, but it's at a very manageable level of 259 (I normally go through about 150 to 200 a year) so I'm feeling quite virtuous

That's pretty good. If I had a TBR that long, I'd still want to get it below 150, but that's manageable.

I'm hoping to hit 700 this year (805 at present).

Yolina · 02-15-2016, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

That's pretty good. If I had a TBR that long, I'd still want to get it below 150, but that's manageable.

I was quite proud because for the 1st time in years I had actually managed to get it down below 200 but that was before the £3 no-rush credits bonanza

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I'm hoping to hit 700 this year (805 at present).

Heading in the right direction!

pdurrant · 02-15-2016, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yolina

I was quite proud because for the 1st time in years I had actually managed to get it down below 200 but that was before the £3 no-rush credits bonanza

Heading in the right direction!

Hmm... I'm not certain.

Year: TBR (unadjusted TBR)
2010: 839 (417)
2011: 802 (380)
2012: 729 (307)
2013: 800 (378)
2014: 750
2015: 787

In 2013 I moved to using calibre, and got a good measure of my TBR for the first time - finding that I had far more than I had previously thought.

Looking at the figures above (which I haven't done before) I will be immensely pleased if I make it down below 729 by the end of this year.

issybird · 02-15-2016, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yolina

I count freebies in my TBR pile too, but I only get them if I want to read them and not just because they're free

My TBR has obviously increased now that I've spent all my mountain of no-rush credits, but it's at a very manageable level of 259 (I normally go through about 150 to 200 a year) so I'm feeling quite virtuous

I think that's fabulous. Congrats. I don't have an ideal TBR figure in mind, but I don't think I'd want to go much below 250. I have a lot of shelves/collections and I like a selection, even a small selection, in each one. And at 250, I'd just have all my unread books on my gadgets - that's about the number I keep in current rotation as it is.

The figure of 250 is what we call pie in the sky at the moment, though. Mixing my metaphors, what with OverDrive, public domain, and paper books, even when I'm getting through books at a pretty good clip, my TBR is like a glacier in pre-global warming days. There's very little melt. At least the ice age of increasing bulk has passed.

Yolina · 02-15-2016, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by issybird

my TBR is like a glacier in pre-global warming days. There's very little melt.

I haven't included TBR p-books, but there's no more than 15 of these; about half were given to me at Xmas. I'm not too concerned about that little pile.

Fbone · 02-15-2016, 02:40 PM

I don't count freebies in my TBR list. They are kept in a separate Calibre library. I still pick up freebies but wait for recommendations before reading. Some may become a sleeper hit in the future.

Actually, I don't really have a TBR list. Just a bought and read list.

Tarana · 02-15-2016, 03:33 PM

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my TBR is like a glacier in pre-global warming days. There's very little melt.

I do keep my freebees, but I am much more selective and am purging my Amazon library of them after downloading. B&N lets you archive such things, but not so Amazon, so in order to make my library tolerable for multiple family members, I have to take most freebees down. I put them into a Freebees library though and occasionally select something from them. Most of my freebees are backlist of dead authors, but some newbie authors as well. FORTUNATELY, if you previously purchased a book that you have deleted and then discover the audiobook is now available for $1.99, you can provide the order information to customer service and they will revive your deletion. But, I do not count freebees in my TBR - just things I paid for.

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02-13-2016, 11:53 PM	#3751
Tarana Wizard Posts: 4,040 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	I have a gadget addiction as well as a ebook/audiobook buying addiction, but I resisted. Got the note about the $39 Fire and REMINDED myself that I already have a Fire HDX. I think I'm still just adjusting to fewer gadgets. I traded in 2 of my kindle keyboards and a 6" button basic and I am kindof missing them. I am a little disappointed in my Voyage, but I'll get over it. I keep wanting it to do some things that the Kindle Keyboard does and it doesn't do it! I still have another Kindle Keyboard and a Nook Glo and HD+. I'm finally getting around to read some of those Baen bundled toss-in books. One was ho hum, but one was surprisingly good (Dragon's Eye by Christopher Stasheff), so looking forward to more. I haven't bought any Baen Bundles since November because I have this huge backlog of them.

02-14-2016, 05:28 AM	#3752
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,075 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I had to resist the cheap Fire for exactly the same reason! It's a wonderful price, but I don't need it.

02-14-2016, 06:11 PM	#3753
tammao Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: none	I only add a freebie to my TBR if I would have bought it as a discounted non-freebie.

02-15-2016, 07:20 AM	#3755
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,296 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	I've reached the point where I won't take a freebie unless I would have bought it anyway and intend to read it in the near future. No more freebies just because they are free.

02-15-2016, 07:40 AM	#3756
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,341 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	I also gave up on freebies long ago. I purged my library at Amazon, which was an extremely slow process since it had to be done one. book. at. a. time. and learned my lesson. The cost of free is too high.

02-15-2016, 08:31 AM	#3757
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,207 Karma: 12029046 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	I count freebies as TBR, since I own them and haven't read them. On the other hand, I'm not too fussed about the overall total of my TBR (around 1200), rather just the movement up and down. I accept that I will never read some of the books I own. Some of them, I don't really want to read, but haven't got to the point of definitely eliminating. Some I might have read if I ever ran out of everything else to read, which used to happen back when I was broke and paper was the only option, but isn't likely to happen now. Even if I try to filter down to a Real TBR of Books I Actually Want to Read, I always find there are too many edge cases. So, yes, I mainly avoid freebies, too, now.

02-15-2016, 09:57 AM	#3758
Yolina Wizard Posts: 1,179 Karma: 11573197 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Voyage	I count freebies in my TBR pile too, but I only get them if I want to read them and not just because they're free My TBR has obviously increased now that I've spent all my mountain of no-rush credits, but it's at a very manageable level of 259 (I normally go through about 150 to 200 a year) so I'm feeling quite virtuous

02-15-2016, 02:40 PM	#3764
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,297 Karma: 101697116 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	I don't count freebies in my TBR list. They are kept in a separate Calibre library. I still pick up freebies but wait for recommendations before reading. Some may become a sleeper hit in the future. Actually, I don't really have a TBR list. Just a bought and read list.

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