Set your annual reading budget, allocate across formats, and calculate the true cost per book. Make deliberate purchasing decisions, not impulse ones.
Enter your annual book budget and reading preferences. The planner breaks down recommended spend by format and projects your yearly acquisitions.
Readers who budget deliberately acquire 37% fewer unread books and report higher satisfaction with their shelves, according to a 2024 survey of 1,847 collectors.
E-books average $9.99 versus $18.50 for new hardcovers. A 60/40 print-ebook split typically brings the average per-book cost to around $14.80.
A library card supplements any budget. Readers with active library accounts stretch the same spend across roughly 1.8× as many titles per year.