Ebook Buying Addicts' Support Thread

[seanyyz]

My July was a complete disaster. Bought 2 books and read them, so I was doing well. Then at the end of July the Man Booker committee released their long list of 12 books they are considering for the award. I immediately bought 6 of the 12 books on the list. There is a seventh book on the list that I'd already bought and read. I haven't even started the 6 I bought because I'm in the middle of a 750 page virtual door stopper called The Nix (although I am enjoying it and I got a lot of words per dollar spent).

[Tarana]

July went pretty good. Four audiobooks and two had to be bought before the credits expired. The other two were one day whispersync sales of authors I already read/listen to, so that was good. So, that was 4 purchases (because I never count the ebook of a whispersync duo).

August is going the same way although there was an almost freebee (Far From the Madding Crowd) that I bought primarily for a recently retired relative.

[DrNefario]

I'm not feeling too much inclination to buy anything at the moment, either, although I think I have 0.01 of no-rush shipping credit to use up before the end of the month.

Even when books I'd probably like come up on offer, I'm thinking "I already have 20 like that," and leaving them.

[pdurrant]

I was feeling rather flush with Amazon credits, but a couple of 'subscriptions' (Analog and Asimov's) and a favourite author's new work (Penric's Fox) and there's £7.50 gone just like that.

And then there was the Peter F Hamilton special offer this Sunday....

All really good purchases. But once again I've now bought more in a month that I've read. I suppose there are ten days to go, so I might break even this month.

I suppose eventually I'll start gaining ground, once I've bought everything I could ever want.

But my ereaderiq list is well over 100 titles. And if the Dumerest books ever go on a £0.99/title special offer, there's another 30+ titles just there.

Perhaps I should just accept that my TBR will grow constantly.

[DrNefario]

Those Peter F Hamilton books tend to be enormous tomes, too.

I'd actually picked up all of the ones I needed cheaply over the years before this offer, so luckily they don't affect my current stats. They're all from the bad old days. I haven't read many yet.

I feel I've been getting a bit complacent. I'm ahead on both my counts, and that seems to give me permission to buy things I know I won't read for a good while, even if they were on my wishlist. The last couple have been in paper, too. I need to cut that out.

[issybird]

I bought no ebook in August. Just as well, as I seem to be floundering on the finishing books front.

YTD, I've bought 15 books for $19.75. All purchases were made with a discount, funny money (which I don't count) or both.

[DrNefario]

I bought a book from my wishlist today because I had £0.01 of no-rush credit about to expire. I'm not sure if that's a win for me - getting the most out of the credit - or a win for them - making me fall for the promotion. It is exactly a month since my last kindle purchase, when I spent the other £0.99 of my £1 credit.

[pdurrant]

I don't think I would have worried about the £0.01.

OTOH, I've bought 17 books this August for £21.73

I suppose the good news is that my average monthly spend is greatly down on previous years. And I suppose the number of books bought is down too. Just not as much as I intended.

[Fbone]

Purchased only one book in August for $1.99. However, it was an impulse buy which I hope is not going to be a pattern.

[Tarana]

I did well for August. 2 audiobooks and 1 ebook. I find myself getting free books to avoid buying anything. Bad habit that I need to control. On the other hand, I can listen to an audiobook while taking free stuff out of my online library.

[pdurrant]

I thought I was going to do well. And then Amazon offer Ellis Peter's Cadfael series and Domenic Felse series for £0.99 per volume.

I already have all the Brother Cadfael books, mostly bought back in September 2014. But I now also have all 13 of the Felse novels. Some I read long ago in paper. But I'm delighted to have them to re-read, and to read the later ones I haven't read.

I am now at a TBR reduction of zero. My TBR list is exactly as long as it was at January 1st this year...

[issybird]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I thought I was going to do well. And then Amazon offer Ellis Peter's Cadfael series and Domenic Felse series for £0.99 per volume.

I already have all the Brother Cadfael books, mostly bought back in September 2014. But I now also have all 13 of the Felse novels. Some I read long ago in paper. But I'm delighted to have them to re-read, and to read the later ones I haven't read.

I am now at a TBR reduction of zero. My TBR list is exactly as long as it was at January 1st this year...

Just think how long it'd be if you weren't trying.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by issybird

Just think how long it'd be if you weren't trying.

Well, there is that, I suppose.

[GoodLiving]

I am addicted to non-fiction eBooks related to healthy and Spiritual Living which I call GoodLiving...lol

[Tarana]

Originally Posted by GoodLiving

I am addicted to non-fiction eBooks related to healthy and Spiritual Living which I call GoodLiving...lol

If I could give up getting cookbooks, you can give up getting books that just rehash what you know you need to do anyway. and it may or may not help.