Geographical Spread

TGS · 03-04-2010, 04:44 AM

I'm new to ereaders - got my IREX DR800 about three weeks ago - and newish to MR. But in the short time that I've been involved what's become interesting is the geographical spread of ereaders. I'm a Brit living in Denmark and here they seem to be as rare as hen's teeth. I was recently in the UK and expected to see a wide range of readers in every consumer electronics shop on the high street - but I was wrong. There are a few about but not a huge range in any one place. I even went into a Sony store and asked when they were expecting the Daily Edition - they had never heard of it!

What I was wondering was whether the clever people who run MobileRead had easy access to stats about the geographical locations of members. Whilst this is not the same as the geographical spread of devices it might stand as some kind of proxy for that.

If this is a dumb question to ask - or it would take a lot of faffing around to get the info - sorry. I was just interested in what sort of phenomenon this is.

Katti's Cat · 03-04-2010, 04:47 AM

Have you checked the frappr map? Sure, not everyone is on there but it should give you an idea.

TGS · 03-04-2010, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Katti's Cat

Have you checked the frappr map? Sure, not everyone is on there but it should give you an idea.

Thanks KC - didn't know it existed.

Ea · 03-04-2010, 05:14 AM

The Danish bookshop chain, 'Bog & Idé' announced yesterday they were going to sell e-book readers in their shops.
http://politiken.dk/kultur/boger/article914625.ece (in Danish)

It might be a move that can push the publishers a little further along with reagrds to actually publishing e-books. Can't come too soon for my taste - I read hardly any Danish fiction anymore.

HarryT · 03-04-2010, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by TGS

I'm a Brit living in Denmark and here they seem to be as rare as hen's teeth. I was recently in the UK and expected to see a wide range of readers in every consumer electronics shop on the high street - but I was wrong. There are a few about but not a huge range in any one place.

Best place to see them "in person" in the UK is currently Waterstones; they now sell lots of different models. Last time I went into my local branch they had:

Sony PRS300
Sony PRS600
CyBook Opus
iRiver Story

and one other than I didn't recognise.

wallcraft · 03-04-2010, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

and one other than I didn't recognise.

This might have been an Elonex 511EB, which is the 5" Hanvon N520.

TGS · 03-08-2010, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

The Danish bookshop chain, 'Bog & Idé' announced yesterday they were going to sell e-book readers in their shops.
http://politiken.dk/kultur/boger/article914625.ece (in Danish)

Thanks for this link Ea. It will be interesting to see how ereaders and ebooks are priced in DK - perhaps they will become one more thing to add to the shopping list when "popping across the border" (I live in Jylland, so this is a regular activity for many of my Danish friends).

Ea · 03-08-2010, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by TGS

Thanks for this link Ea. It will be interesting to see how ereaders and ebooks are priced in DK ...

I just discovered they are already selling them (and also online)
http://bog-ide.dk/Default.aspx?ID=669

In Jylland; Bjerringbro, Randers, Vejle and Århus. The difference in price appear to be mostly down to the higher Danish VAT.

Also noticed a library ebook service: ebib.dk (don't know if you read enough Danish for that to be interesting for you)

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Originally Posted by TGS

... perhaps they will become one more thing to add to the shopping list when "popping across the border" (I live in Jylland, so this is a regular activity for many of my Danish friends).

Could well be

If you could save 400-600 DKK...

TGS · 03-08-2010, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

Could well be

If you could save 400-600 DKK...

Could well be that order of difference, for example the BeBook One is 2395 DKK
which converts as about £290. But it's available in the UK for about £240, and presumably in the rest of Europe for the Euro equivalent

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Originally Posted by Ea

Also noticed a library ebook service: ebib.dk

Thanks for this - I'll certainly give it a look. My ability to read Danish isn't that great, but I'm practicing by reading (or at least trying to read) Ib Michael in Danish, having previously read him in English.

WT Sharpe · 04-08-2010, 03:41 PM

The frappr map is interesting, not not complete. I think it would be interesting to see a list of countries represented here at MobileRead, along with the number of members from each country.

dreams · 04-08-2010, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

The frappr map is interesting, not not complete. I think it would be interesting to see a list of countries represented here at MobileRead, along with the number of members from each country.

Did you start a poll yet?

WT Sharpe · 04-08-2010, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dreams

Did you start a poll yet?

To be accurate, I think more than a poll is needed. The frappr map is a kind of poll.

Ea · 04-08-2010, 04:40 PM

I was actually looking for such a list yesterday. I had a vague memory of seeing one earlier, but I might be mistaken.

WT Sharpe · 04-08-2010, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Ea

I was actually looking for such a list yesterday. I had a vague memory of seeing one earlier, but I might be mistaken.

If you find one, let me know!

dreams · 04-08-2010, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ea

I was actually looking for such a list yesterday. I had a vague memory of seeing one earlier, but I might be mistaken.

I vaguely remember something also. I've been trying to search by poll prefixes, but so far no luck.

03-04-2010, 04:44 AM	#1
TGS Country Member Posts: 9,058 Karma: 7676767 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Liseuse: Irex DR800. PRS 505 in the house, and the missus has an iPad.	Geographical Spread I'm new to ereaders - got my IREX DR800 about three weeks ago - and newish to MR. But in the short time that I've been involved what's become interesting is the geographical spread of ereaders. I'm a Brit living in Denmark and here they seem to be as rare as hen's teeth. I was recently in the UK and expected to see a wide range of readers in every consumer electronics shop on the high street - but I was wrong. There are a few about but not a huge range in any one place. I even went into a Sony store and asked when they were expecting the Daily Edition - they had never heard of it! What I was wondering was whether the clever people who run MobileRead had easy access to stats about the geographical locations of members. Whilst this is not the same as the geographical spread of devices it might stand as some kind of proxy for that. If this is a dumb question to ask - or it would take a lot of faffing around to get the info - sorry. I was just interested in what sort of phenomenon this is.

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03-04-2010, 04:47 AM	#2
Katti's Cat Wizard Posts: 2,259 Karma: 175640 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brisbane Australia Device: Sony PRS-600	Have you checked the frappr map? Sure, not everyone is on there but it should give you an idea.

03-04-2010, 05:14 AM	#4
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	The Danish bookshop chain, 'Bog & Idé' announced yesterday they were going to sell e-book readers in their shops. http://politiken.dk/kultur/boger/article914625.ece (in Danish) It might be a move that can push the publishers a little further along with reagrds to actually publishing e-books. Can't come too soon for my taste - I read hardly any Danish fiction anymore.

04-08-2010, 03:41 PM	#10
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	The frappr map is interesting, not not complete. I think it would be interesting to see a list of countries represented here at MobileRead, along with the number of members from each country.

04-08-2010, 04:40 PM	#13
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	I was actually looking for such a list yesterday. I had a vague memory of seeing one earlier, but I might be mistaken.

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