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Other than one (which was 20p) all my e-books are freebies, either public domain classics, long-term free books or short term freebies. These are the ones I've read:
Shelley The Lifeboat Labrador by John Periam (currently reading)
My Name is Paul by Kyle R. James
The Walk by Lee Goldberg
329: a fable by Christopher Valle
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Last Bookstore In America by Amy Stewart
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Taming Mighty Alaska by William C. Anderson
I won't just read a book "because it's free", my reading time is precious and it takes me a while to read books so I try to pick ones that I have at least a reasonable chance of enjoying and if I can't find one that looks good I'll read one of the many paper books I have yet to read on my bookshelf.
They've not affected the amount I spend on e-books as I don't really buy e-books anyway: if you couldn't get free e-books then there's no way I would have bought an e-reader in the first place, I got it to read classics and freebies on. It most definitely has affected my purchasing of paper books though as I'd drifted away from reading over the previous year but since getting the Kindle I've spent a lot more than I ever had on books and the e-reader has actually given me a new appreciation for old editions of books and good second-hand bookshops.
Free e-books don't stop me buying new books, if I see a book I want to read I'll buy it to read in the future (though I'll wait and borrow a paper copy from the library if I'm not 100% sure about it). Free books haven't affected how much I'll pay for books, though I've always been quite tight when it comes to fiction books and always buy from supermarkets, budget bookshops and secondhand/charity bookshops if I can find what I want there!
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