01-08-2015, 11:52 AM | #31 |
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01-08-2015, 11:53 AM | #32 |
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01-08-2015, 07:00 PM | #33 | |
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I still love a b&m book store. I will go to them and browse for hours on business trips when there is little else (for me) to do during the evening. Once I find a book I must have, I order it, but usually not at the bookstore. Normally it will be Amazon eBook or Amazon used paper. One some occasions I will buy a paper book at the b&m book store, at Walmart, the grocery store or the drug store or a dollar type store. I was in a dollar type store 2 or 3 days ago searching for a planner of the type I like which I had neglected to acquire before Christmas, and discovered to my chagrin that their paper backs have now migrated from 1.25 and 1.50 to a flat $3.00 USD. I walked away! |
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01-09-2015, 12:55 AM | #34 |
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Okay, I'm curious, how many Kindles are the most you need?
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01-09-2015, 04:45 AM | #35 |
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01-09-2015, 06:38 AM | #36 |
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Based on a recent holiday, I'd say Kindles and other e-readers are definitely thriving. Four years ago when I first went there with my Sony PRS, I had loads of people ask me about it, but there was no-one else there with an e reading device. This year, almost every person who was reading was doing so using a Kindle/Kobo, or in fewer cases, a tablet. Out of maybe 50 people reading I saw 1-2 who had actual paper books.
This is in a demographic of people who were mostly 40+ and many were older/retired and you'd typically expect them to shy away from tech. I respect of how many Kindles a person would need - the devices will be replaced less often, but that said, I've just upgraded an old device which had gone wrong after 3 years. Another friend also did the same, so these devices do have a relatively short life cycle, and given they're mostly plastic are easily cracked/broken if dropped or sat on. |
01-09-2015, 03:13 PM | #37 |
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Funny, i never see anyone even glancing at the kobo stands in Whsmiths either. Mainly because they always look like an afterthought more than anything else.
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01-09-2015, 03:21 PM | #38 |
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When Amazon stops making new models, then it would indicate that e-ink readers may be stagnating.
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01-09-2015, 03:29 PM | #39 | |
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01-09-2015, 05:08 PM | #40 |
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I have four ereaders. My problem is that I keep wanting the latest models and I've never had one break on me. I've given them away and sold some but they just keep working.
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01-09-2015, 10:47 PM | #41 |
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Same here. And since I still seem to have eye trouble using the new front-lit readers, I'll probably be using my older readers for quite a while yet.
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01-10-2015, 06:56 PM | #43 | |
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01-11-2015, 05:51 PM | #44 |
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01-11-2015, 06:55 PM | #45 |
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Mine has coped quite well with a toddler flinging it around.
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