Do you have a system for buying books for Kindle?

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I am considering (or dithering) over whether to buy a Paperlight Kindle as do read quite a lot.

I had the original Kindle when it first came out years ago, and bought too many books. Read lots, but quite a few were left unread, which to me seems wasteful, even when some of them were free anyway I know I may be a bit weird.

I'm thinking I need a system so that I don't overload with books that I then don't read. Someone on a different thread mentioned a notebook to keep track, which sounds like a plan.

Any other ideas? Or what do people do in general?

Set up a wish list of books you want on Amazon and only buy the next one once you have finished the first.

Sensible - but then what if it's on offer for a few days only - I think that's where I used to go wrong. Thinking 'oh that's a bargain' and getting it there and then.

Will have to practise self control.

I buy what I fancy and get through them eventually. A lot are only 99p or £1.99 so it's not really a massive cost.

I try and only buy books I know I'm going to read. I often set up pre orders for authors i like as soon as the books are on Amazon. Saves loads of money often I pay £4ish rather than the £9 new releases are.

I did set up folders on my kindle with books to read and books I've read. But didn't really work I tend to fancy certain books at certain times!

I recently bought one of the discs on eBay which has 1000's of books on so will have lots to read this summer 😁

I have folders on my kindle for new books (fiction and non fiction) and one for 'not worth reading again' as well as category folders. When I buy a book I put it into new, and then move it once read. Not worth re reading gets removed from my kindle so that folder just exists in the cloud.

For books I want to read, they get added to a private wishlist which I skim through daily to see if they are reduced, and I do the KindofBook daily email too

I was just thinking about this as I recently started using my kindle again after a long break. I did the same thing with the daily deal emails, and now I’m looking at the collection I have thinking why did I buy those?! A quid isn’t much but it sure adds up

I’m determined to read what I’ve got before I add anymore, mainly because I’m skint :o

It’s hard choosing kindle books though if you aren’t going by the emails. I used to work in a library and I’ll freely admit I would judge them by their covers :o I’d just get a feeling from particular books, and flick through etc which you can’t really do with ebooks.

I’ll probably do the wishlist thing going forward, and use that for the sort of books that get talked about a lot and I keep meaning to read

(Not very helpful for you though sorry!)

@nocutsnobutts - what is this wondrous disc you speak of from Ebay?? And is it compatible with a Kindle Paperwhite?

@LivinginLaputa I can relate exactly to what you're saying as I also like to have a good snoop in the library/charity shop etc and quite often have picked good books out like that. Or sometimes from reading recommendations on here. Also likewise the spending too much money on books. One year, I vowed not to buy any at all, and just read what I had - it did work!

Same issue here. I stuck books into "new and paid for" to distinguish them from free stuff.
And I am going to write a list snd stick it on my kindle cover of unread paid for ones.

But there's quite a few sellers with big bundles of books around 20,000 from various genres.

Unless they are all out of copyright then they’re illegal pirated copies for which the authors are receiving the grand sum of £0.00.

I joined kindle unlimited. Approximately £6.99 per month. You can borrow 10 books at a time.
Once I have read a book I can send it back to kindle unlimited and get another one.
Some books are rubbish and I return them after a few pages.
I probably read about 20 books per month. I do buy the odd book as well but only if the write-up is really good
Works for me

Can someone tell me how to set up folders on the Kindle? I would love to do that!

I use ereaderiq to track prices of books I want to read and they email me when the price drops to 99p. I have quite a lot of unread books so I only allow myself to buy them when they are 99p.

I have a kindle paper white and joins kindle unlimited for £7.99 per month. They allow you to get 10 books at a time. I get my 10 books , read them and then send them back and order the next ten. I occasionally pick a free book and also buy the odd book. I don't read every book. I try to but if they are dull I delete them

I download a sample first to see if I like it, then if I do, I may buy it but only at a certain price point. The samples are quite long.

If it's too expensive and I really like it, I reserve and borrow from the library.

I'm a prime member and some titles can be borrowed, I think I can borrow one title a month.

I have loads of unread books so I really don't want to be spending a fortune buying new ones.

It's really easy to get sucked into buying lots of 99p titles but it all adds up!

I download a sample first to see if I like it, then if I do, I may buy it but only at a certain price point. The samples are quite long.

If it's too expensive and I really like it, I reserve and borrow from the library.

I'm a prime member and some titles can be borrowed, I think I can borrow one title a month.

I have loads of unread books so I really don't want to be spending a fortune buying new ones.

It's really easy to get sucked into buying lots of 99p titles but it all adds up!

Amazon first reads for prime hasn't thrown any amazing reads my way!