I've been burned lately with a couple of books that appeared okay when I read the sample, but quickly got much worse quality-wise. A the moment I feel I'm quite rapidly getting more and more critical about the quality of writing... So I don't buy so many books. I'm probably lucky in that I've never bought many books, but always used the library and so I'm not quite in the habit.
Also feel a little guilty when I look at my TBR list - that put me off buying, too.
However, I have splurged on books lately, but that was p-books. Some books I like so much I'd like to have something more tangible than a file, so I've bought a 'bit'. I keep browsing at Folio Society's site... I might only be a question of time until I give in
