I haven't read through all of this thread yet, but I wanted to point out to some of the people that are accusing this guy of being a pirate because he doesn't buy ebooks, that it's a bit presumptuous. A lot of ebooks become available for free download throughout the year and you can download them if you're patient and not too picky. I personally have a huge backlog of ebooks that I've gotten for free that I haven't read yet. I buy ebooks (too many, really), but I also will pick up freebies here and there if they look interesting. Tor.com also has a free ebook of the month that they put out too. And other companies do similar things as well.
Baen has tons of free SF/Fantasy. There are tons of short story magazines that put out free material every month that could keep you occupied for free for quite a while.
Or maybe he is a pirate.
We don't know for sure. My point is, there is a lot of free material out there that's not public domain or illegal copyright material.