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I always sample books before I buy, and I'm one of those who's put off by present tense stories. As soon as I see it's in present tense, I delete it and move on to the next book.
Some writers believe that present tense is more immediate. I disagree. Immediacy has to do with reader involvement, not verb tense. The biggest problem I've seen with the present tense stories I've read is that not everyone handles present tense well. You can't write, for instance, "A few hours later" or "later that day" when telling a story in present tense, but some writers don't realize they've let those things slip in.
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