|
View Poll Results: Do you want only ebooks in the Literary club | |||
Yes | 18 | 60.00% | |
No | 12 | 40.00% | |
Voters: 30. You may not vote on this poll |
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
02-13-2012, 08:57 AM | #1 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 7,154
Karma: 63458771
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Glo HD
|
Ebooks only
This is an unofficial poll. I'm curious what other participants think.
Please vote only if you participate in the Literary book club. |
02-13-2012, 09:00 AM | #2 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 7,154
Karma: 63458771
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Glo HD
|
I voted yes. Ebooks only.
I originally didn't mind pbooks in the Literary Club, but IMO, there are too many being nominated and I want to read ebooks. |
Advert | |
|
02-13-2012, 09:10 AM | #3 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 19,226
Karma: 67780237
Join Date: Jul 2011
Device: none
|
I voted no. I think it just narrows our options and will make some categories needlessly older than they need to be. As more and more publishers refuse access to libraries and availability through retailers becomes more and more single retailer only I think we need to keep things as open as possible. Just saying e-book does not make a title any more available to members.
|
02-14-2012, 12:34 PM | #4 | |
Wizard
Posts: 2,824
Karma: 5843878
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: UK
Device: Pocketbook Pro 903, (beloved Pocketbook 360 RIP), Kobo Mini, Kobo Aura
|
Quote:
Anyhow, as there were six votes there already, I voted too |
|
02-14-2012, 12:52 PM | #5 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 7,154
Karma: 63458771
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Glo HD
|
Quote:
My apologies for causing a disturbance. I'll stop. |
|
Advert | |
|
02-14-2012, 01:10 PM | #6 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,594
Karma: 21245891
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Canada
Device: Kobo Libra h20, Paperwhite 2017, Phone & Tablet w Moonreader
|
These past couple months I have considered participating in the literary book club, and voted for both because sometimes the e-book isn't available to borrow in the library.
|
02-18-2012, 01:12 AM | #7 |
Indie Advocate
Posts: 2,863
Karma: 18794463
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Device: Kindle
|
I have a major bias towards ebooks, but I tend to agree that at this stage limiting the choice of format, limits the choice of content so I voted no.
I'm a little disadvantaged by the pbooks option but the club is populated by more people than just myself. |
02-18-2012, 05:06 AM | #8 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,368
Karma: 26886344
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Ireland
Device: Kindle Oasis 3, 4G, iPad Air 2, iPhone IE
|
Well, I have a very strong preference for e-books. I really find them much easier to read. But the poll is for e-books only and we are a small group dealing with a specific area of reading interest.
If there were a choice between an e-book and a pbook, I would always go for the former if I thought I might like it {and if there were no serious price differential}. Sometimes I already have the pbook in my personal library anyhow and can use it if needed. So, while I hope that an e-book will be the normal or default selection—all things {especially price} being equal—in the end, I was convinced that the safer option was to be inclusive, so I voted "no". |
02-18-2012, 03:44 PM | #9 |
Retired
Posts: 2,552
Karma: 37638420
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Vancouver Island Canada
Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)
|
I would like to start participating more, and eBooks are a lot more convenient for me. It might take a few weeks for a paperbook to get to here from Amazon and there are no real book stores close (e.g Chapters, Indigo).
|
02-19-2012, 10:52 AM | #10 |
E-reader Enthusiast
Posts: 4,871
Karma: 36507503
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Southwest, USA
Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5
|
I voted no. I prefer ebooks since my personal choices are 99% ebooks. However, I don't want to limit the options, and I am discovering so many great books just through the nomination threads. I very much enjoyed the November selection, Spring Snow, even though it was paperback only.
|
02-22-2012, 12:39 PM | #11 |
Close to the Edit!
Posts: 9,797
Karma: 267994408
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"
|
I voted No. Whilst ebooks are vastly more convenient, and I actually don't want to read pbooks anymore (I've only read one since acquiring my Kindle over a year ago), I'd rather not limit our options and potentially miss out on a masterpiece.
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
eBooks from Waterstones.com longer selling eBooks outside of the UK and Eire | AprilHare | General Discussions | 107 | 12-22-2010 06:18 AM |
Mobigen Mass Batch conversion of HTML-Single-File ebooks to .mobi ebooks | cklammer | Kindle Formats | 9 | 11-20-2009 03:00 AM |
The Land of eBooks - Comparisions in Availability and Pricing of U.S. eBooks | Gideon | News | 6 | 07-21-2009 04:22 AM |