Do You Gotta Catch Em All? - Page 3

Sweetpea · 06-08-2011, 04:49 AM

Free or paid, I only select books that I *know* I will want to read. My TBR list is way too large as it is anyway...

jersysman · 06-08-2011, 10:06 AM

When I first got my ereader, I would download just about every freebie I came across. Now that I have had it for awhile, I've become more picky. I only download a freebie if I really want to read it. I have a lot of freebies on my TBR list and I am going through a challenge for the next three months to read the freebies that I have, so hopefully that will put a dent in them.

sakura-panda · 06-08-2011, 10:19 AM

I've always been picky about the freebies I pick up. I've been through the "grab it because it is free" stage in my other hobbies and ended up with more clutter that has to be managed than items that add value to my interests.

Since getting my Kindle, I've been downloading freebies a little more often, as that is the only content that I put on it.

I currently have 6 full pages of titles and I have only had it since Valentine's Day. (A small number compared to some people, but A LOT for me.)

odiakkoh · 06-08-2011, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jersysman

When I first got my ereader, I would download just about every freebie I came across. Now that I have had it for awhile, I've become more picky. I only download a freebie if I really want to read it.

Same. Except replace "ereader" with "Kindle app". Then I found out that if I read too many "bad" books back to back, I burn myself out of wanting to read at all.

Quake1028 · 06-08-2011, 02:33 PM

Between option 1 and option 2 for me, if that makes sense. Don't have the time to even begin to be an option 3 guy.

View Poll Results: Books go into your library if...
Free or paid, I only select books that I know I will want to read.	40	35.40%
If it's free, I'm more likely to pick it up, but I still verify it's something I'm interested in.	64	56.64%
Free books pretty much automatically go into my Calibre library, whether I will ever get to them or not.	9	7.96%
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06-08-2011, 04:49 AM	#31
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Free or paid, I only select books that I know I will want to read. My TBR list is way too large as it is anyway...

06-08-2011, 10:06 AM	#32
jersysman Wizard Posts: 1,747 Karma: 3761220 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Device: T1 Red, Kindle Fire, Kindle PW, PW2, Nook HD+, Kobo Mini, Aura HD	When I first got my ereader, I would download just about every freebie I came across. Now that I have had it for awhile, I've become more picky. I only download a freebie if I really want to read it. I have a lot of freebies on my TBR list and I am going through a challenge for the next three months to read the freebies that I have, so hopefully that will put a dent in them.

06-08-2011, 10:19 AM	#33
sakura-panda Guru Posts: 932 Karma: 9558874 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: Kindle Oasis; 11" iPad Pro (Books, Kindle, Kobo, MapleRead SE)	I've always been picky about the freebies I pick up. I've been through the "grab it because it is free" stage in my other hobbies and ended up with more clutter that has to be managed than items that add value to my interests. Since getting my Kindle, I've been downloading freebies a little more often, as that is the only content that I put on it. I currently have 6 full pages of titles and I have only had it since Valentine's Day. (A small number compared to some people, but A LOT for me.)

06-08-2011, 02:33 PM	#35
Quake1028 Guru Posts: 917 Karma: 9155462 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Device: See signature	Between option 1 and option 2 for me, if that makes sense. Don't have the time to even begin to be an option 3 guy.

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