[FizzyWater]

I'm going to be upfront here and admit that the increase of ebook availability in libraries has made it easier for me to stick with my decision to buy as few books that are "agency priced" at the cover price as possible.

And it IS easier to borrow ebooks. I regularly do it at midnight. I seldom leave work before the library closes (and if I could get up earlier, I'd be going into work earlier and leaving at a "reasonable" time!) So if I could only borrow print books again, I'd definitely borrow fewer books.

Before B&N's purchase of Fictionwise and the imposition of agency pricing (and I am specifically referring to disallowing discounts on books), I spent an embarrassing amount a year on books. I'm 51 years old and I'll probably NEVER read all the books I own today...but I can honestly say, if Fictionwise existed as it did 3 years ago, I'd still be buying more books than I can possibly ever read!

So if the publishers do make it harder to get ebooks at the library, I'll likely buy more books next year than last. But it would be that 1-2 books a month that I just HAVE to have (and I'll go back to waiting for the paperbacks to come out). Unless ebook discounting is allowed again for those books, I'll never go back to the buying frenzy I used to do. (And the longer it takes to maybe, possibly switch back, the less likely it is that I would anyway...I stopped going to the salon to color my hair 18 months ago, and I really don't miss it any more. I wouldn't go back to paying those prices again now that I'm used to paying so much less).

Edited to add: Ooops, meant to add that I, like many of the other posters, first read almost all of my favorite authors as one I first borrowed from either a library or a friend who was raving about it. And after, I bought many many books.