Please, someone help me!

[JaneD]

Originally Posted by wvcherrybomb

I keep telling myself I'm going to ignore the freebie section. So far I haven't. It's like crack, it just keeps pulling me back in!

This! I cannot resist the siren lure of free books. Thankfully I'm a mere novice compared to some of you - only have about 350 on my K3, and only half of those unread. So I'm doing great! Right? Right???

[butterbescotch]

I have a 4k+ from my PC.

I only read about 10 but I am not worried.
Why are you so troubled anyway? You will not be torture by not reading unless it's your assignment

[issybird]

I have just under 250 books on my Nook, which is supposedly my hard limit; it means I always have a broad selection and can switch as my whimsy takes me. I have a somewhat different collection on my Touch and fewer on my other devices because they're newer. I'm over the freebies (and is it just me, or are they much crappier than they used to be, anyway?). The big thing is that I'm not anal about it any more. I want my library books and anything I'm currently reading available across the board, but the rest can wait until I get around to them. Public domain books and books in the cloud will be there. And no device is forever.

[kindlekitten]

I just re-read The Game of Thrones and follow on books. it took me about a month so I had not "gone online" with my Kindle for awhile. finished the last one this morning, so I downloaded all of the books I have been acquiring since then.... 5 pages of new books. that's in addition to everything I already had. that's just in a month

[crich70]

You do realize that the "I can stop anytime" defense is a favorite of addicts don't you DixieGal?

Originally Posted by DixieGal

I just copied 5 of the 6 Locus nominees from Tor. But thaey are a special case, the best of the best, so it's OK. I can stop anytime.

[Piper_]

It's like packing for a trip. It doesn't matter that I won't have time or need to wear everything I pack. But what if I get a fancy to wear my blue sandals and I didn't pack them?

What if it gets cold on the night I'm wearing the outfit that doesn't go with the single sweater I was allowed to bring?

Having all these ebooks are like being able to bring all your shoes and sweaters with you, without ever having to explain or apologize to your husband for the weight.

Sometimes, there's also the old thing about the hunt being more fun than the kill... with books, there are so many interesting trails to follow...

[SneakySnake]

There is nothing as frustrating as being on the plane with 'nothing to read'. So why not? 500 books takes up as much space in your backpack as 5.

[dreams]

Originally Posted by Piper_

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Having all these ebooks are like being able to bring all your shoes and sweaters with you, without ever having to explain or apologize to your husband for the weight.
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My Sony solved the extra room needed for books. Plus, I figured out a way to not have to apologize for the extra baggage weight. I give him the choice.

He gets to choose. Either I bring the small carry on with the extra collapsible suitcase (to bring back all the clothes I have to purchase there - due to not having room to bring them) or the larger suitcase with a small carry on (so I can bring most of my stuff and have a little room to bring back just a few things). Problem solved all around... books and my stuff.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by dreams

Hi, my name is dreams and I am on the road to recovery. It is a slow, but steady progress with only minor back steps. ***Does it count as recovery is there are more steps back than forward? ***

I've been a hopeless collector for more than 2 years. Every book just had to be on my device and available immediately. I added books everyday. I scrolled through my book titles everyday. I opened and closed those same books everyday. I created collections and reorganized my books everyday. ****Wow, I should have typed this out sooner.. seeing what I just wrote, it really looks like an addiction. **

I started by deleting every book off my device and trying to load only those that really interested me. Didn't work and found that I was just back where I started by including those "just in case I want to read it" books. Finally, I created just 3 collections: Now, High Interest, and Looks Good. **I tried other collection names and more than 3, but found that I kept adding to those collections. You know, just one more mystery to fill the page or just one more thriller. **

Next, I limited myself to only keeping 50-75 on my reader. If, I really had to add more, I made sure to remove one from those already loaded on the reader.

Now, I'm working on being selective on which free books I download and the amount I purchase.

Is there hope for me?

I never download free books. And I've not really bought any new books (2 since Christmas) since FW refused my money for the majority of books I wanted.

And I have 3 collections on my reader as well! Read, Reading and Unread

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by crich70

You do realize that the "I can stop anytime" defense is a favorite of addicts don't you DixieGal?

After following this thread, I felt guilty while getting them, but also got that thrill and high. I used the same techniques that I use to acquire other short stories occasionally. It really is an addiction.

[crich70]

True and sometimes a person likes to skip about a bit. I mean one day you might want to re-read Treasure Island and the next you feel more like a Tom Clancy or Stephen King book or whatever author a person wants to read (assuming their work is in ebook format) and having a large number of choices is good for that reason as well.

Originally Posted by Piper_

It's like packing for a trip. It doesn't matter that I won't have time or need to wear everything I pack. But what if I get a fancy to wear my blue sandals and I didn't pack them?

What if it gets cold on the night I'm wearing the outfit that doesn't go with the single sweater I was allowed to bring?

Having all these ebooks are like being able to bring all your shoes and sweaters with you, without ever having to explain or apologize to your husband for the weight.

Sometimes, there's also the old thing about the hunt being more fun than the kill... with books, there are so many interesting trails to follow...

[GeoffC]

does having all these books on the reader increase its weight at all ....

[elcreative]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

does having all these books on the reader increase its weight at all ....

[OtterBooks]

Originally Posted by Jellby

Then you are missing one of the advantages of an ebook reader: the possibility of reading any other book at any time.

Since no ebook reader (that I'm aware of) can hold every ebook in existence, that advantage does not exist.

Add to that the fact that I seldom know what I'm going to read beyond the next book, and am always discovering new, unforeseen books that affect that decision, placing more than a few books at a time onto the device offers no advantage unless I suspect I won't be in range of an ebook source for a while. However, it would present one disadvantage by way of making it easier to jump from book to book before finishing them- a habit I am trying to avoid (though some folks may find pleasurable). To each his own.

[Latinandgreek]

Hello, my name is Latinandgreek and I am a bookaholic. And I DO jump from book to book before finishing... I've currently got about 4 novels on the go, and countless books for school.