10-12-2018, 05:05 PM | #4786 |
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i saw some collections of classics. some well over 10,000 pages each and bought a few for like 49 cents each
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10-13-2018, 06:12 AM | #4787 |
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10-14-2018, 02:25 PM | #4788 |
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I do not like Gutenberg
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10-15-2018, 08:22 AM | #4789 |
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I think it's a false economy to buy large collections of classics, even if you don't want to get them for free from gutenberg (or here). They'll still be there when you actually want to read them, and they'll never be that expensive. Buy them when you're about to start reading them.
I ended up deleting several free classics I'd had hanging around for ages. |
10-15-2018, 08:41 AM | #4790 | |
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Obviously the outlay here is insignificant but it feeds the acquisition and hoarding mentality, when the point is to become thoughtful about purchases. This comes across more as bragging to me and not about trying to resist temptation and only making considered purchases as the ideal, anyway, even if there's the occasional slip. |
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10-16-2018, 02:48 PM | #4791 |
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I'm currently reading Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding by David Tolin et.al. and find a lot of the stuff applies to electronic purchases as well as physical ones. While it IS true that sometimes something might not be there in the future (geographical restrictions or publisher removes from sale) will it really bother you later on when you have so much else to read and enjoy? In most cases, no. Obviously, it depends on your interests. So, by sticking with a regularly pruned wishlist, you can help yourself control impulse buying.
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10-19-2018, 08:55 AM | #4792 |
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I'm doing everything right, but I'm still not getting through my TBR.
Seven books read so far this month, but also seven bought. Three were a trilogy by an author I like that were on special offer (£0.99 each). I read them straight away, and enjoyed them Two were next books in series that I like, one a pre-order at around half the normal price (£2.79 instead of £5.22), and the other a special offer (£2.00 down from £3.06). I'm reading one of them now. Two were magazine issues. I've been getting these magazines for more than 10 years, and I enjoy them. So no 'it's on offer, I might like it', no 'it looks interesting, and it's free'. Perhaps I just need to spend more time reading... |
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10-20-2018, 10:12 PM | #4794 |
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I just picked up 31 free public domain books for no reason other to have it lol I need help lol
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10-20-2018, 11:35 PM | #4795 | |
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In the unlikely event you're really looking for help, delete the public domain books as DrNefario suggested. They'll be available if ever you feel like reading them. |
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10-21-2018, 04:28 AM | #4796 | |
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I'm probably going to have a clear-out myself before the end of the year, only keeping ones I've read. |
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10-21-2018, 10:54 AM | #4797 |
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One of my end of year resolutions is to start going through my collection of free acquisitions and treat them like samples. Maybe spend a month reading nothing else. I tend to delete the majority of samples without buying.
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10-21-2018, 12:39 PM | #4798 | |
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I tend to think that, especially the larger one's freebie collection, it's most time and cost-effective to abandon the lot and start fresh, being very, very picky about adding freebies (i.e., books you'd have been willing to spend at least some money on). But if you can't bear a wholesale deletion, chipping away at it over time seems the best strategy to me, especially as you learn your lesson about the "value" of freebies in the process. |
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10-21-2018, 03:47 PM | #4799 | |
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I keep meaning to go through and clean out the books that I've read and will never read again. Not just the ones that to quote Dorothy Parker/Sid Ziff/etc.: “It is not a book to be lightly thrown aside. It should be thrown with great force.” but all those books that, IMO, do not offer anything to be gained by re-reading. |
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