I maintain a Chapters Indigo membership and often buy in bulk. I also am a member of several survey companies that pay rewards vis Chapters Indigo gift certificates so I rarely pay full price for a book, generally around 75% which, is still considerable. Its my vice. I am a teetotaller, don't smoke, do drugs or gamble. I read. My one concession to my changed circumstances these past few years has been to largely forgo following a large group of authors in hardbound. I now confine that to a select few.
I put a voodoo hex on the Kindle, bring in the popularity of such a gadget after I'm dead ok? I never want to see books follow in the footsteps of newpapers. I'd just die.