This is a monthly feature for me to track my book spending. I don’t want to call this a budget, because I’m not really limiting the spending. Right now I’m more interested in just tracking how much I’m spending, not so much setting a certain amount to spend. So.. Here’s how I’m going to track it.
Tracking Rules
- Tracking will be done a monthly basis.
- Pre-orders will be tracked when the money is taken out of the account. Amazon pre-orders, for example, aren’t actually charged until they’re delivered, so a June release I pre-order in February will count for June, since that’s when Amazon will take the money.
- I currently have $30.80 in Amazon gift cards and $15.00 in Barnes and Noble gift cards. They’ll count toward the spending, but follow the same rules as above.
- I only have 2 Audible credits right now, but audiobooks will follow the same rules. The credits will be charged and count monthly, and any additional money I spend on Audible will count. But I won’t count credits used on books since the credits are counted when they hit my account.
So with no further ado, here’s my book tracking for January:
Audiobook Money Spent
A Man of Some Repute by Elizabeth Edmondson $2.09
Hunted by Kevin Hearne 1 credit
Physical Books Money Spent
Great Food Fast by Bob Warden $12.28
Ebooks Money Spent
The Mistake by Elle Kennedy $2.13 (gift card)
Irresistibly Yours by Lauren Layne $1.06 (gift card)
Game for Romance (Four Book Set) $1.06 (gift card)
Sweetened With a Kiss by Lexxi Callahan $0.00
Solving For Nic by Lexxi Callahan $0.00
The Fall of the Red Queen by Lexxi Callahan $1.06 (gift card)
Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar $2.13 (gift card)
Her Secret Lover by Robin Covington $3.20 (gift card)
Level Up by Cathy Yardley $0.00
Pressure Cooker Cookbook by Vanessa Olsen $0.00
Harmony Black by Craig Schaefer $0.00
Pucked by Helena Hunting $1.06 (gift card)
The Hostage Bargain by Annika Martin $0.00
Shadow Sight by E.J. Stevens $0.00
Boiling Point by Tessa Bailey $4.27 (gift card)
Built by Jay Crownover $5.34 (gift card)
Other Money Spent
- Audible Membership: $16.00
Running Total
- Audiobooks – $2.09
- Physical Books – $12.28
- Ebooks – $21.31 – all on gift cards, so no actual money spent.
- Other – $16.00
- January Total: $51.68
- YTD: $51.68
I have been finding that tracking this spending keeps me somewhat under control. Not counting this month where I had a day where nothing but book shopping could make me feel better!
Yeah, that’s all I was really trying to do – track it. I was more curious how much I spend than concerned about it. But I will say that seeing it written down in black and white certainly does give me pause sometimes. 🙂
You did really well for a non-budget 🙂 🙂 I find just writing it down makes me spend less and that is probably because of my total lazyness LOL
Thanks! I was really curious how much I was spending because I’ve never really tracked it before. I was really glad to have those gift cards, but I’m also pretty sure that even if I hadn’t had them, I would have bought those books anyway.