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 June:
Somehow it’s halfway through July already, and I didn’t post my June budget. Whoops. So here we go. I think I did ok this month.
Audiobook Money Spent
None. I got several audio books from the library, but I didn’t actually buy any this month.
Physical Books Money Spent
End of Watch by Stephen King $23.10 Amazon Link iBooks Link
The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris $14.28 Amazon Link iBooks Link
Getting Things Done by David Allen $10.11 Amazon Link iBooks Link
Ebooks Money Spent
Risking it All by Tessa Bailey $1.06 Amazon Link iBooks Link
Bittersweet by Sarina Bowen $4.21 Amazon Link iBooks Link
Idol by Kristen Callihan $5.34 Amazon Link iBooks Link
Mr. and Mr. Smith by HelenKay Dimon $3.20 (Amazon credit) Amazon Link iBooks Link
Ask Me Nicely by Amy Andrews $1.06 (Amazon credit) Amazon Link iBooks Link
Daring Ink by Avery Flynn $2.13 (Amazon credit) Amazon Link
Other Money Spent
- Audible Membership: $22.95
Running Total
- Audiobooks – $0
- Physical Books – $47.49
- Ebooks – $12.74
- Other – $22.95
- June Total: $83.13
- YTD: $558.47
