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Old 01-20-2017, 05:13 AM   #4096
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I think the safest course is to count it as a bonus, and not buy extra just because the number looks better.

I expect to have my TBR go down by a couple of dozen now I can sort out the duplicates
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Old 01-20-2017, 10:13 AM   #4097
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Someone has kindly posted a script that allows DRM-free download from Dark Horse Comics.

But now I'll have to add all my Buffy purchases to my 2015 or 2016 book buying totals! (I wasn't counting them because I couldn't download them.)
Might one acquire a hint as to where this script was posted? I got the "Buffy's Birthday" bundle some time back and am similarly looking to weed out my duplicates from a later (Humble?) bundle.
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Old 01-20-2017, 10:35 AM   #4098
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It's in a thread I started a year ago.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=270092

Someone just posted a solution. I had success in Chrome on Mac OS. (Having tried Firefox on Mac OS with problems.)
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Old 01-24-2017, 12:44 PM   #4099
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Might one acquire a hint as to where this script was posted? I got the "Buffy's Birthday" bundle some time back and am similarly looking to weed out my duplicates from a later (Humble?) bundle.
If you got the April 2016 Humble Bundle as well as the January 2016 Dark Horse bundle, you'll find surprisingly few overlaps. A full 25 of the Humble Bundle offerings were not duplicates of the Dark Horse Bundle, by my reckoning.
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Old 01-24-2017, 03:41 PM   #4100
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If you got the April 2016 Humble Bundle as well as the January 2016 Dark Horse bundle, you'll find surprisingly few overlaps. A full 25 of the Humble Bundle offerings were not duplicates of the Dark Horse Bundle, by my reckoning.
The BBB was a Dark Horse offering a year or two back, and there's some significant overlap. Not so much that I feel cheated in any way - in fact, IIRC, one bundle has collections of some material that the other only had as single issues - but I do need to get everything sorted so I can actually start reading. I read most of Season 8 in physical form, but I'm fuzzy about exactly how far I got before stopping. Luckily, I do have a chronology/checklist to work from once I get everything together.

Back on the main topic, I suspect I'm about to spend $17 for three more books. I started reading the first of three novels that I already own in a series last night, and gulped down two-thirds of it in one go. (Would've been more, but sleep beckoned.) There are now three more novels in the series, priced at five and six bucks each... At least I can console myself that I'm not going to buy them "on spec" and that I'm using reward-point credit instead of Real Cash (which is in short supply) to pay for them.

On the flip side, I need to bump one novel up in my queue so I can at least sample it before a bundle that includes the next three in its series expires. Work, work, work, amirite?
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Old 01-24-2017, 04:17 PM   #4101
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As I mentioned elsewhere, just say no to the bundle of indie authors!
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Old 01-24-2017, 04:36 PM   #4102
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As I mentioned elsewhere, just say no to the bundle of indie authors!
Oh, the $17 isn't related to the bundle. That's regular price for three books on Amazon, in a series I'm enjoying so far. As explained over there, the bundle quandary is a different thing altogether (and I'll probably wind up taking the $5 level, for reasons explained in that thread).
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Old 01-26-2017, 06:58 PM   #4103
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I feel that I did well to return a series (3 books) that I decided not to continue. I quit the first book after I got 1/3 of the way through and just decided it wasn't for me. So, my TBR and budget have improved.

Interesting thing I discovered is that if there is a special sale at Audible and you list it and then don't buy it, it carries over to other sales. So, with the buy 2 with 1 credit, I was able to get one book I still wanted that was not part of the sale (Illegal Alien) along with Sphere (Michael Crichton) which was. I only count the credits as part of the budget when I actually spend them.
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Old 01-30-2017, 07:31 AM   #4104
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I've finished adding completion dates to my calibre database for 2010-2016.

In the process, I found 17 books that I'd read but not marked as read in calibre.

I have decided to adjust my 'start-of-year' totals, rather than counting them to my target for TBR reduction this year.

But I'm doing well. 12 books read and only six books acquired so far this month!
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Old 01-30-2017, 08:13 AM   #4105
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It hasn't been a great month for me. I've gained 14 books - 12 purchases, 1 freebie and library loan - and read only 7, although I'll be finishing another one today. There are another two books on my wishlist that are at least 50% off which I could quite easily buy at any time.

I still haven't actually spent that much, though.

This is partly a heavy month because of things I put off from last year - when I did manage to beat my TBR - so it's kind of expected that I'm starting with a shortfall to make up.
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Old 01-30-2017, 09:54 AM   #4106
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It's a day early, but it looks as if I'll make it through January with no purchases at all, for the first month since I've started keeping track. I almost made it through December but cracked at month's end; I'm relieved that turned out to be a final fling and didn't trigger a major bender (it was a little scary how "just one" rapidly evolved into three). I admit that I'm helped by changes at Kobo and Amazon, but I also think I'm finally internalizing the reality of several years' worth of reading already on hand.

I've finished 12 books but my TBR is down only four, because of audio/library/pd. The TBR reduction is not my main point, however - a good thing, too, as that would be discouraging! There's a book in a series I like a lot (and I'm not much of a series person) coming out next month, but it can wait on a Kobo coupon. The books come out with such glacial slowness that I'm used to waiting anyway.

So far, so good! It really does get easier.
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Well Done, issybird!

I wish I could claim to have done as well, but I'm still fairly pleased overall. If I take out the pricey work-related book from my list, it's within budget. Which is the most I can hope for.
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Well Done, issybird!

I wish I could claim to have done as well, but I'm still fairly pleased overall. If I take out the pricey work-related book from my list, it's within budget. Which is the most I can hope for.
If you're within budget, that's the point and good on you! I suspect my TBR is significantly larger than yours and it's much easier for me to go cold turkey as I don't have authors or series I follow. In any case, I tend to be more of an all or nothing type; either is easier than moderation, which is not a good way to be.
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If you're within budget, that's the point and good on you! I suspect my TBR is significantly larger than yours and it's much easier for me to go cold turkey as I don't have authors or series I follow. In any case, I tend to be more of an all or nothing type; either is easier than moderation, which is not a good way to be.
Yeah, I tend towards moderation being the way to go. Works for me, as long as I have a clear goal and actually pay attention. Cold turkey? not happening. Too many authors I would have to make exceptions for.
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