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Interesting. It'll be 3 years in September for me since my wife got me a kindle 3 for my birthday (after incessant unsubtle hints). I'd always snubbed my nose at ereaders - gimmick, waste of money, I like real books, don't want to read off a screen, etc. - until I saw the Kindle 3 was $139 and it now seemed like a real possibility and I learned about e-ink technology learned about places like Project Gutenberg and here, and suddenly I did a "180" and had to have one. I haven't looked back.
I'd say that I too buy more books than before, at least in terms of new books. I used to be a major troller of used bookstores, and to keep costs manageable I still do that to some extent, as well as check out library books, ebook if available, physical book if not. But I buy a LOT of Kindle books. And I'd read every single book as an ebook if it were feasible. In the last year or two I've really gotten into audiobooks in a big way as well.
I sometimes buy new physical books as gifts, but no more for myself anymore, not that I bought a lot of new books to begin with.
By far the biggest casualty of getting an ereader has been Paperback Swap. I used to use that site religiously, now only occasionally.
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