Ebook Buying Addicts' Support Thread - Page 341

Tarana · 10-01-2019, 08:23 PM

All I can say is that there are 4 hours before bed and I haven't bought a book or audiobook yet in October.

leebase · 10-01-2019, 08:58 PM

��. I’m still buying books faster than I can read or listen

PurpleStar · 10-02-2019, 10:18 PM

There’s a lot of ebooks I want, but I haven’t bought any for a couple months. So I’m doing pretty good,

pdurrant · 10-04-2019, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Augh! Now I find that one publisher has set lots and lots of Mystery/Crime books at £0.84 in the UK Kindle store. Including books by Jonathan Gash (Lovejoy novels) and Elizabeth Peters (Amelia Peabody novels). I'm doomed!

Over five years on, I can say that these were a good buy after all. I'm just finishing up the Amelia Peabody series, and they have been excellent.

So sometimes excellent bargains really are excellent bargains.

But I'm still trying to keep my buying under control. None bought so far this month!

Tarana · 10-04-2019, 09:40 AM

I did get my free Amazon First book. Otherwise, no purchases.

pdurrant · 10-04-2019, 10:07 AM

And I realise I missed a great opportunity back in 2014. Let me make up for it now.

cats2books · 10-04-2019, 12:29 PM

I can’t possibly read or listen to all the books I have accumulated. I keep telling myself that I have more than enough for now. And yet, there’s always something new and intriguing that I just must have.

leebase · 10-04-2019, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by cats2books

I can’t possibly read or listen to all the books I have accumulated. I keep telling myself that I have more than enough for now. And yet, there’s always something new and intriguing that I just must have.

My self talk is "when you've read the books you've already bought, there be more JUST LIKE this one that you are seeing an ad for right now".

Or

"by the time you get around to reading it, there will be more in the series already written, or the series might even be finished".

Such self talk is only marginally helpful to keep my from purchasing

DNSB · 10-04-2019, 10:47 PM

So far this year, I'm slowing down my purchases. For September, I purchased 66 ebooks with another 7 so far in October though 4 of those were from the Baen Monthly bundle and one won't arrive until March, 2020 (The Pursuit of the Pankera by RAH). At this time, I don't have a TBR pile and many of my purchases are also helping to whittle down my pbook collection.

leebase · 10-09-2019, 11:35 AM

Dang it. These $1 “entire box sets” keep getting me. I’ll never get around to reading them.

issybird · 11-01-2019, 06:40 AM

I haven't posted here in a while. Hubris got me, I think; after a couple of years where I thought I had this licked, I ran off the rails in January and February this year, for no particular reason. Because the books were there, really. Thus my stats were spoiled for the year no matter what.

I did pull myself together for the next seven months, with one month with no purchases, four with two, and two with four. Entirely acceptable. I'm posting now because October saw me backslide, with eight books. At least I don't regret any of them (yet), unlike some of my early-year ones.

It could be worse (it could almost always be worse). My TBR is down, albeit only slightly, at a net reduction of nine. And my mini-spree was nothing like the Kobocalypse days, with a total of 15 books purchased over two months. But I did much better in the last two years. I'd like to wrap up the year at an average of a book a week (this is probably not doable) and under $4 a week (possible, if I can find my hairshirt wherever I discarded itw). Next year shall be better.

pdurrant · 11-01-2019, 07:51 AM

I had a good October. 15 books read and only 5 bought. But I'm only down on the year so far by pruning my TBR of some 'will never read' books.

On the plus side, I'm happy with very nearly all my purchases this year.

Fbone · 11-01-2019, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Fbone

I only purchased 3 books all year spending $6.97. That's good.

However, I only read 16 this year and many were library books. I still have 16 more unread purchases since 2014 that I want to get through.

I haven't purchased anything in the last two months so my yearly total is still 3 books at $6.97 all in. That sounds good but it's tempered by the fact that I still have 16 unread purchases from 2014-2019. I read only 3 books since Sept 1st and they were library books.

I wish I had more time to read <sigh>.

issybird · 11-01-2019, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

But I'm only down on the year so far by pruning my TBR of some 'will never read' books.

An extremely salutary exercise that justifies counting it as a reduction! You learn a lot from that process, or at least I do, about the real value of bargains and the drawbacks of buying too far into the future.

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Originally Posted by Fbone

I read only 3 books since Sept 1st and they were library books.

This post made me consider how, although I've read 45 books from my TBR this year, that means that roughly two-thirds of my reading is from books I haven't bought. Library books, audiobooks, public domain. Yet another reason I shouldn't be purchasing!

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I wish I had more time to read <sigh>.

I'm lucky in that respect, as I live alone during the work week and I don't watch television; i.e., I have my weeknight evenings to myself to read.

astrangerhere · 11-01-2019, 10:02 AM

My wife bought me a new Libra H20, which arrived yesterday. I decided to go shopping in my TBR. I set Calibre to a random sort, switched to cover view, and added 30-40 books to the new device that way.

I am getting to some things that I had really wanted to read a while back but simply forgotten. One of them is a MR Library read - The Letters of Jane Austen.

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10-01-2019, 08:23 PM	#5101
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	All I can say is that there are 4 hours before bed and I haven't bought a book or audiobook yet in October.

10-01-2019, 08:58 PM	#5102
leebase Karma Kameleon Posts: 2,973 Karma: 26738313 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad Mini, iPhone X, Kindle Fire Tab HD 8, Walmart Onn	��. I’m still buying books faster than I can read or listen

10-02-2019, 10:18 PM	#5103
PurpleStar Wizard Posts: 1,625 Karma: 11387182 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Clara BW, Kindle Paperwhite (11th Gen)	There’s a lot of ebooks I want, but I haven’t bought any for a couple months. So I’m doing pretty good,

10-04-2019, 09:40 AM	#5105
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 did get my free Amazon First book. Otherwise, no purchases.

10-04-2019, 10:07 AM	#5106
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,056 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	And I realise I missed a great opportunity back in 2014. Let me make up for it now.

10-04-2019, 12:29 PM	#5107
cats2books Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 140 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: New York, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPhone 11, iPad Pro 12.9 and 9.7	I can’t possibly read or listen to all the books I have accumulated. I keep telling myself that I have more than enough for now. And yet, there’s always something new and intriguing that I just must have.

10-04-2019, 10:47 PM	#5109
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,600 Karma: 169712392 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	So far this year, I'm slowing down my purchases. For September, I purchased 66 ebooks with another 7 so far in October though 4 of those were from the Baen Monthly bundle and one won't arrive until March, 2020 (The Pursuit of the Pankera by RAH). At this time, I don't have a TBR pile and many of my purchases are also helping to whittle down my pbook collection.

10-09-2019, 11:35 AM	#5110
leebase Karma Kameleon Posts: 2,973 Karma: 26738313 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad Mini, iPhone X, Kindle Fire Tab HD 8, Walmart Onn	Dang it. These $1 “entire box sets” keep getting me. I’ll never get around to reading them.

11-01-2019, 06:40 AM	#5111
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,330 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	I haven't posted here in a while. Hubris got me, I think; after a couple of years where I thought I had this licked, I ran off the rails in January and February this year, for no particular reason. Because the books were there, really. Thus my stats were spoiled for the year no matter what. I did pull myself together for the next seven months, with one month with no purchases, four with two, and two with four. Entirely acceptable. I'm posting now because October saw me backslide, with eight books. At least I don't regret any of them (yet), unlike some of my early-year ones. It could be worse (it could almost always be worse). My TBR is down, albeit only slightly, at a net reduction of nine. And my mini-spree was nothing like the Kobocalypse days, with a total of 15 books purchased over two months. But I did much better in the last two years. I'd like to wrap up the year at an average of a book a week (this is probably not doable) and under $4 a week (possible, if I can find my hairshirt wherever I discarded itw). Next year shall be better.

11-01-2019, 07:51 AM	#5112
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,056 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I had a good October. 15 books read and only 5 bought. But I'm only down on the year so far by pruning my TBR of some 'will never read' books. On the plus side, I'm happy with very nearly all my purchases this year.

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11-01-2019, 10:02 AM	#5115
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,755 Karma: 68428716 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	My wife bought me a new Libra H20, which arrived yesterday. I decided to go shopping in my TBR. I set Calibre to a random sort, switched to cover view, and added 30-40 books to the new device that way. I am getting to some things that I had really wanted to read a while back but simply forgotten. One of them is a MR Library read - *The Letters of Jane Austen*.