[NickyWithNook]

I was reading the thread about B&N investors and someone said most Nook buyers only get free/deeply discounted books or borrow from the library, and I had to actually do an inventory of my Nook to find out where I fit there. I got my Nook in Sept/Oct and I have 69 items listed, and 13 of them I paid $10 or more for. So I have gotten a lot of free/cheap books, but I don't honestly know for sure if I'll read all of those. I doubt it. And I've bought more higher-priced books than I bought before I had a Nook. Before that, I usually read whatever books my mom or mother-in-law gave me that they'd finished, so I didn't spend much at all on books. I occasionally bought one I wanted but didn't get from them, but maybe only one every 4 months or so.

I got my daughter a Nook Tablet for Christmas. She has some free and 99 cent books, but we have bought three at full price just since then, two of those that she wanted to spend Christmas money on, and the third because I was in a good mood and like to see her read I guess. She is reading one now that was free that she loves, and it is the first of a series, so I suppose we'll end up getting the rest of the series. I used to mainly get her books from Scholastic through school, but I also have gotten her books from a local independant store. They've just started selling ebooks so I plan to start buying the full price ebooks when I get them from that store and sideloading them to support them. I guess that won't help Barnes and Noble. However family members tell me that she will get B&N gift cards for gifts pretty regularly now that she has a Nook, and that will help B&N.

So I absolutely spend more on books now than I used to, and I obviously don't just get free or 99 cent books. I have no idea what is typical, for Nook users or anyone else. I'm curious though! What are your experiences?