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I "buy" mostly free ebooks and I do read them -- or try to; often the books are so poorly written and clearly not professionally edited, that I delete the ebook after a couple dozen pages or so. But I do use the free ebooks as introductions to an unknown author or series. If I like the free ebook enough that I want to read more by the author, I will buy other ebooks by the author if they are reasonably priced (i.e., no more than $5.99). This is what happened with authors like Michael Hicks (fantasy), Vicki Tyley (mysteries), L.J. Sellers (mysteries), Shayne Parkinson (historical fiction), Tracy Falbe (fantasy), Richard Tuttle (fantasy), and some others.
In the case of each of the named authors, I started with a free book, found I liked their writing very much, and bought as many of their other books as were available, and I keep a watch out for new books. In the case of Tuttle, I bought more than 20 ebooks that he wrote after discovering him via a freebie.
Free ebooks have not had a conscious effect on my view of ebook pricing except to the extent that I am unwilling to pay more than 99 cents for a book from an unknown author.
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