Tuesday Book Chat | Can You Be Enticed To Impulsively Buy Books?

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Welcome to Tuesday Book Chat. This is where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week.

Today’s question is:

Can you be enticed to impulsively buy books?

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Everytime I go to a bookshop I look around the fiction section and then the discount books. If I see a bargain or a book that catches my eye I have been know to impulsively buy them.  One example is a book signing. I have bought a book on the spot just to get it signed by the author.

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    Jenny Blake (Ausjenny) is a cricket fanatic who loves reading although not reading as much as she use to. She loves to be able to help promote good Christian books and support authors. In her spare time she is enjoying the company of her two cats, enjoys jigsaws and watching cricket.

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Jenny Blake (Ausjenny) is a cricket fanatic who loves reading although not reading as much as she use to. She loves to be able to help promote good Christian books and support authors. In her spare time she is enjoying the company of her two cats, enjoys jigsaws and watching cricket.

12 replies on “Tuesday Book Chat | Can You Be Enticed To Impulsively Buy Books?”

  1. What do you mean by “impulsive?” If I think about it for 10 nanoseconds instead of 10 minutes, is that impulsive?

    I’m pretty frugal, but if I see a book by an author I like on a time-limited deep discount or if I find a really cheap price on a used nonfiction that I could add to my research collection for the Roman history website, I’ll usually snap that up right away.

    1. Well I put them up but am not the author of all the questions. But for me impulsive means you go into the supermarket to get meat and come out with chocolate.

      I think sometimes impulsive buys are when you buy and later wonder should I have done that. (not that it could ever happen with books)

  2. Now that I’ve worked out how to access e-books, I’m adding to my to-be-read pile often. The number of new-to-me authors I’m following is increasing, with a focus on those who are in Australia. If I enjoy the first book I find, I’ll go in search of the other books listed in the backmatter. I have surprised myself by the speed I follow the 1-click purchase option, and price for a pre-order isn’t even a consideration.

    1. I can understand that. I have some money from gift cards and while I have that I do buy a few books that if I had to pay I may not be able to afford. Yes the one click is good but I will still sometimes get the sample to check done that a bit with devotionals as have been caught out by some not so good ones.

  3. Unfortunately, yes. Especially with the ease of eBook. I used to be much slower to buy when it was paperback, as 1. I had to be in store, which was not in the local area, and; 2. They were more expensive, and I couldn’t justify it.
    But now, I often impulsively buy if the promo is enticing and the price is right.

    1. I fully agree I would hit Koorong in Adelaide having a wish list and looking for bargains. Knowing I would come home with books. The first time in Perth I actually had the books posted home cos I got so many. (Ironically I also got someone elses order which I then had to return and they gave me a code to do it for free).

  4. One click buying options make it much too easy to impulsively buy a book!

    I usually read the sample pages first and then decide to buy. I rarely buy before reading the sample, but I do if it’s an author I know.

    Physical books are more of a commitment and I take more time to decide.

    1. True. (unless you are a country deprived gal who goes a bit overboard when going to the city)

  5. I’m not sure it’s wise for me to leave an internet trail admitting to weaknesses such as these… 😉

    Yeah, hand raised here. eBooks, crazy Kindle book sales and even Koorong sales entice me. I fight against it as much as possible, but when the deal is just tooooo good…

    1. Ironically unless I really want the book when free I am not tempted to much. Hey sales are not really impulse cos you are going cos of the sale. its the 2 for the price of one which is a sale only if you really want both books.

  6. Sometimes if I’m trying to reach the free postage amount on an order, I will scroll through pages of books and pick some to try, mostly because I’ve already got all the books published by my favourite authors and am trying to find a new author’s books to try.

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