I joined both the Doubleday Book Club and the Quality Paperback Book Club in 2010 and spent about $70 total for the introductory books and the obligatory purchases.
I bought no other paper books for myself, but bought a large number from the clubs for birthday and Christmas presents. But I suppose they don't count regarding your original question.
In the thirteen months I have had my eBook reader, I have yet to buy an eBook. I have downloaded a great many from the MobileRead library, Munseys and the free Amazon books, plus my jetBook Lite came with 100 books, some of which I had wanted to read for years.
So I am reading much more, and spending about the same or less.
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