[soulfuldog]

Until I got my Kindle I very rarely bought books and borrowed from the library regularly instead. So while my freebie/buy ratio is probably quite low (or high depending which way you look at it), it's a lot more than it used to be.

I agree that 100 to 1 is a crazy figure though, but then I guess that takes into account the fact that a lot of people download tons of free books just because they are free? I don't, I only download the ones I am likely to read as I plan to read them all eventually. I try and read a couple of free books for every paid book I read, often more if I get a run of good freebies. The only difference is I'm much more likely to give up on a freebie book if I'm not enjoying it.

Anyway, to cut a long story short! I bought a load of books to start with, and didn't really know about the amount of freebies available, but I've ignored that initial period, so my figures are roughly.

Freebie/bought ratio is probably 20:1.
While for freebies my download/read ratio is probably 8:1.