Book Buying Addicts Anonymous Showing 151-200 of 1,031

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

I just finished it and loved it, Bekah!

[Bekah, Fellow Kleypasaholic]

WOOOHOOOO!!! My guy and I bet on some games tonight! Board games..monopoly to be exact...best outta three wins!

Well guess who dominated and won herself an instant ebook gc??!!! YEP ME!!! That means my budget just got bigger which means more books to buy before midnight tomorrow night!!!!

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Midnight tonight, do you mean? Tomorrow's the first. Or are you allowed to buy on the 1st?

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

And congratulations on the gift card!!!

[Bekah, Fellow Kleypasaholic]

tonight..sorry it was like 5am before we went to bed!

Thanks!!! Super excited...got lots to buy tonight!

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

I just bought 2 more from amazon and

And B&N delivered and today.

[MashJ]

STOP,STOP, I thought I was bad but you guys scare me! If you finish your to read pile next year surely you can get some new books then- why make it worse?

I guess that's the addict thing- I must just have a habit.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Mshj wrote: "STOP,STOP, I thought I was bad but you giys scare me! If you finish your to read pile next year surely you can get some new books then- why make it worse?"

There's no way in Hades I can read the hundreds of books I already own in 1 year.

[Bekah, Fellow Kleypasaholic]

it's been 24 hours since I've bought a book...so far, I feel ok. Breathing is fine, no shakes...nothing.. i'm good!

:-)

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Good job, Bekah!!! Without thinking, I almost bought a book today. I had added it to my wish list and almost clicked Buy With 1-Click! I managed to pull my finger back just in the nick of time.


A close call it was!

[Bekah, Fellow Kleypasaholic]

Good job 'catching' yourself!

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Thanks! I have my new shelf for books to buy in April, and another for books to buy in Jan 2012. It'll be interesting to see if I still think I simply must buy them when it's not done on impulse, know what I mean?

[Bekah, Fellow Kleypasaholic]

I do! I was just thinking about that! Like, how important will these books feel to me when I can finally buy them??!

Very interesting indeed....

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

"Experts" say that one of the first ways to help stop impulse buying is by leaving your credit cards at home, because most people, by the time they get home to get their card, have decided that the item wasn't all that important after all. I'm guessing I'll feel that way about at least some of the books I'm not buying right now.

Maybe, in the long run, this resolution/challenge will help create better habits for me, maybe even the both of us.

[Rose]

I foolishly ordered and read [image error] for my December challenge. Now I NEED to have the rest of "Wallflower" books and I can't wait until February to get them.


So, um, yeah...that's my (perfectly reasonable)justification for my **final** book order in S.Korea.


I've just ordered




And because I'm an addict...


Took me 17 days to fall off the book buying freeze wagon.
What can I say? I'm horribly weak :-)

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Rose, you could be addicted to worse things, true?

[Rose]

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "Rose, you could be addicted to worse things, true?"

Very true. Ordinarily i wouldnt stress about it but for every new book I buy, there's that much more of a hassle trying to ship them all home in February.

I think you all going on your year-long book buying hiatus are incredible. I just have to make it until I get back to the states :-(

[Autumn]

C`MON ROSE!!!!!!!!!!

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

^^^What she said^^^

[Rose]

Atumn wrote: " C`MON ROSE!!!!!!!!!!


"Thanks, ladies!!

[Autumn]

In light of the distress caused by the impulse of buying more books... i have to admit that i feel great in this place. we are missing a screw in our heads;that's for sure. but hey when we share being loony its just comforting. People outside the book realm are so judgmental about something as primal as "serious commitment-love-impulsive buying" towards books... like it was something wrong? (-k little bit) BUT what about the shoes?? and all the fripperies ppl cant leave without???

anywho! i love the fact that we are i good company here. (((((((((huugs))))))))))


UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: There's no way in Hades I can read the hundreds of books I already own in 1 year.


Yet, u are already planning what books to buy for your b-day 3 months from now. YEP!! we are officially addicts!!! LOL

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Atumn wrote: "Yet, u are already planning what books to buy for your b-day 3 months from now. YEP!! we are officially addicts!!! LOL "


You say that like it's a bad thing! LOL

[Bekah, Fellow Kleypasaholic]

I'm sorta living through my brother, he's an addict too, but still buying..so its sorta like I'm inhaling the fumes he puts off! :-)

[Autumn]

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: You say that like it's a bad thing! LOL"

LOL I will add that " we don't suffer from craziness,but enjoy every min of it" nuff said.


@ bekah: LMAO "getting the residual fumes" god! we are some serious case!

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Hey ladies - 3 amazon kindle freebies today -

- this is a pre-order and they'll remove it quickly!

and are free.

Before clicking "buy" make sure the book is still free!

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

is no longer free.

[E.]

I'm not in a book-buying freezing moratorium, or whatever it is called, but I've become attached to my library's used bookstore for some books. I mean, I may not buy any books every time I go there, but it sure is bad when I do try to buy some more, especially when I caught sight of some titles that I had my eye on.

For instance:
- it was in that list of books so I decided it looked good; now I have it, I'll read it...eventually
- I skimmed through it in the beginning when I borrowed it from the library, but now that I have it, I can take my time reading it thoroughly
- impulse buy

The sad thing is, it just increases my TBR pile.

*sigh*

[Julianna]

I'm addicted to the library sale too. There and the UBS is where I get most of my books. I haven't been to either in close to a month, because I messed up my knee and can't drive myself anywhere or stay on my feet for long. Does that stop me? Noooooooooo!

Now I'm feeding my addiction online. I'm still getting stuff from PBS and Bookmooch. I just ordered 6 print books from EC's sale section. All Romance eBooks is having a big 60% rebate sale on all EC titles, so I bought the first 4 and am trying figure out how many more I can get with my eBook Bucks rebates without spending any more money. And all this is after I downloaded about 10 freebies from ARE's 12 days of Christmas giveaway, and ordered 8 print books from eHarlequin when they were offering 60% off all Christmas titles and Lord knows what else from last month. Oooooh, I am hopeless...but happily surrounded by books.;-)

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

How does the AR rebate work, Julie?

[Autumn]

i have a question.!! what pages do u guys use to know about the new releases?? and also the announcements when ebooks have just become free/?

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

I use fictfact.com to keep track of series I'm reading. Once I add the series to my list, they keep track of which book I need to read next, and email me when a new book has either been added to the series, or just a couple days before the next in the series is released.

[Autumn]

oh thats so nice Dhes!! thank u!!! ((huugs)))

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

You're welcome! For books that are released free, you can check this site. They update daily, but be really careful that when you click on the link, the book is still free.

http://ebooks.addall.com/amazonfree.html

[Autumn]

ahah woo hoo!! we`r good to go ladies!!! :)

[Julianna]

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "How does the AR rebate work, Julie?"

Basically, they're giving a 60% instant rebate in eBook Bucks on all EC titles, which can then be spent on anything in their store.

I started by buying 4 books, got the rebate, then ordered another one, and got the rebate on that one. I'll keep ordering one with my eBook Bucks and getting the rebates until I have too little money left in my account to buy another one. I calculated last night that I should be able to get a total of 8 books for my original purchase price before that happens, and I'll still have a couple bucks leftover to buy something else.

I know that's really convoluted, so I hope it made sense. Of course, someone could just order what they want and have a ton of eBook Bucks to spend however they want too. I'm just being really frugal. The lightbulb went on when I had $92 worth of EC eBooks sitting in my cart and knew I had to pare it down, but I'm sure I'm not the only one doing it this way.

On a side note, IMO EC's prices are pretty overinflated compared to other eBooks, so the 60% off just brings them down to what I consider a reasonable price.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Ok, thank you for all that information. At one time I read someone's rebate rules and after making a purchase, you had to email them with your transaction information and some other things... they lost me at "email." Is that how AR has it done?

[Julianna]

You're welcome, Dhestiny. Actually, there's no hassle at all. The rebate is instant. All you have to do is click a button and type in your email address/name, and the eBook Bucks automatically credit to your account (or they can be gifted to another user). I was really careful the first time I did it, but now that I know how it works, it's really easy.

With the book I bought last night, I hit 10 books purchased which also made me eligible for their Buy-10-Get-1-Free deal, so now I have another freebie coming. Woohoo! No wonder this is so addicting.:-)

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

I'll have to play with it in April or January 2012 and see if I can get the hang of it. Thanks, Julie!

[Bekah, Fellow Kleypasaholic]

I have 8 credits @ bookswap!!!! I'm gonna space those out after March!

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Julie (Mom2lnb) wrote: "You're welcome, Dhestiny. Actually, there's no hassle at all. The rebate is instant. All you have to do is click a button and type in your email address/name, and the eBook Bucks automatically cred..."


Can you give me step by step directions on this? A friend in another group is asking about it, and I haven't done it yet, and I can't buy books anyway. So if it's not too much trouble, can you start with adding books to cart?

Thanks!!

[Julianna]

Sure, Dhestiny. My husband says I'm terrible at giving directions, but I'll give it a shot and hope it makes sense.;-)

1. Add eligible books to your cart. The after rebate price is in the book listing. (Right now it's all Ellora's Cave titles, but they often do the rebates on other publisher's lines. You just have to watch their newsletters for sale announcements.)
2. Go through the checkout, making your purchases like you normally would.
3. Go to your library. Find the area at the top that says "Unassigned eBook Bucks."
4. Click "Access/Gift" link next to it.
5. Click the checkbox next to the amount. Type in your email address and name (or if you prefer to gift them fill in the recipient's email address and name).
6. Click "Assign eBook Bucks" button and voila! They're now in your account. You can view how much you have at the top of your library page and they can then be used to purchase anything in the ARe catalog.

Hope that helps. If you need to know anything else, just ask away.:-)

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Thanks, Julie!!!

[Julianna]

You're welcome, Dhestiny!:-)

[Carol Ava]

UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "These are the ones waiting to be read -



Notice they are double stacked. And, this isn't counting the 140+ I have on my ereader.

I have mine boxed under my bed;) I have a friend who thought I needed her books so she MAILS them to me.. I had to just stop opening the boxes up!
I gave 300 away once to a woman who I met at my son's peds office. We hid in a burger joint while doing the hand off of 3 garbage bags! LMBO!
Now I have a kindle....I'm doomed!!!

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Ava wrote: "Now I have a kindle....I'm doomed!!!"

But what a way to go!!!

[Bekah, Fellow Kleypasaholic]

Confession: I bought a book today, and I'm going to buy two more tomorrow, but they don't count because they are for school and I sure as hell plan on not reading them.

I just don't think that was in my exceptions list.

SO in the spirit of full disclosure...I bought, though no enjoyment was had or will be had by these books in my possession.

[Bee]

Since I received my nook last June, I went through at least 2 books a week....okay maybe 3...sometimes 4 or 5 (but only if I have extra time) but who's counting :-).

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Bekah, I'll give you a pass if you give me one -

Yesterday there were a bunch of free books on Sony and I was careful to make sure they said $0. Well, one said $0 and I clicked buy now or whatever, and then next page came up and I hit complete order before I saw that it no longer said $0 but $9.45. I immediately called Sony and asked them to remove the book and give me a refund because I didn't download the book. He put me on hold, came back and said that the reason that happened was because while I was buying the book, they were updating prices. Anyway, they refused to refund the money, but gave me a $10 credit. I'm PISSED!!!!!!!!!!! I'll not give the Sony store another dime of my money.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant]

Oh, and Bekah, school books shouldn't count anyway.

[Pamela(AllHoney)]

I have not bought any books yet :)