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Bibliophagist
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Vancouver
Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
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Wizard
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Karma: 11315768
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: UK
Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch
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I just bought a huge hardback coffee-table book costing about the same as all the other books I've bought this year added together. Ah well. At least the actual cost was never the problem.
I've only bought 16 books in total in the first half of the year, so not so bad. (And the other paper book is my second most expensive purchase by some margin, even if it was cheaper than the kindle version.) I have just recently hit my target of starting 80% of my purchases, too, for thie first time since the beginning of the year. Last edited by DrNefario; 06-30-2021 at 10:07 AM. |
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Wizard
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Karma: 15107670
Join Date: May 2017
Device: Sage, Scribe, Boox Note 2 Plus, iPad Pros and Samsungs S6,S7,S8
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Evangelist
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Karma: 5575734
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: UK
Device: kobo Aura H20 2nd Ed
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i have bought approx 180 books this year so far (really need to stop) each book was 99p and read 70 (none of the new ones though) gotta stop looking at my wishlist every day and buying the 99p books helpe
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#5571 |
Custom User Title
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Karma: 62040409
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Canada
Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD
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I discovered the existence of a book and then ended up buying it 30 minutes later. Oops. To be fair, there was a very big discount making it only 2 dollars.
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#5572 |
Baker Street Irregular
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Karma: 9920853
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Houston suburb
Device: Oasis 3, PaperWhite 5, Aura One, Glowlight Plus, Scribe, Sage
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I've bought 20 books for $32.10 so roughly 3 books a month. I've read roughly 2 books a month, some from those 20 and some from prior purchases.
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#5573 |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Karma: 306652114
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
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As has been mentioned before, I think that a lot of use had our buying habits formed when finding new books (or new-to-us old books) was hard. It was a constant struggle to find enough to read, with hours spent in bookshops for both new and second-hand books.
And now that's no longer the case. We no longer need to pounce on every book that looks interesting. But it's hard to break the habits of a lifetime. But it can be done! Resist the urge to buy! |
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Readaholic
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Karma: 90000000
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: South Georgia
Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"
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Diligent dilettante
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Karma: 48736498
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: in my mind
Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra H2O
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For me, I never had opportunity to buy books before I was in my twenties, and have never lived in a house large enough to accommodate many bookshelves. Almost all my reading was library books. So getting into ebooks in my middle age has been liberating, and worth the expense. |
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Professor of Law
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini
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o saeclum infacetum
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: New England
Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5
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*I’m reading a real book now as I balked at paying the ebook price, but it’s a struggle. And there are some books where real is still the only option. |
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o saeclum infacetum
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: New England
Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5
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OK, my half-year roundup, which includes a belated confession in regard to May, where I didn’t want to face the grim truth, akin to not stepping on the scale on Monday morning after an indulgent weekend.
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: South Georgia
Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"
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#5580 |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Karma: 306652114
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
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I have always lived in or near medium to large cities. So there were plenty of bookstores around. Including lots of second-hand ones. But finding a book I wanted to read but hadn't read before was always a struggle, with hours spent looking though bookshop shelves.
And then ebooks started to appear, and I found Baen Books' webscriptions (in 2002) and Fictionwise (in 2003). But it wasn't rally until DRM was broken in 2008 that I went wild, and started buying more than I could read. |
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