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Originally Posted by rhadin
If 1 in 100 people own an ereader device, does that make them popular? How about 1 in 250 or 1 in 10? You need to define what constitutes popular. My personal opinion is that considering millions of the devices have been sold, manufacturers keep pumping out new ones, and ebooks outsell pbooks at Amazon, I'd say they are popular. Your not seeing them in the wild doesn't mean anything more than that you haven't seen them in the wild. My wife, for example, who loves her Sony 505 never takes it out of the house.
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Good point.
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Originally Posted by Poppaea
Well, I reckon Sex is popular, even if I don't see people doing it on public transportation  |
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That said, the natural habitat of the reader is the airport.
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I'm flying next week. I'll be curious to see how many of my fellow travelers have e-readers.
I saw a Kindle once when I was visiting a gym. However, I've never seen an e-reader in the wild in my neighborhood. I don't really see too many people reading books in my neighborhood (this includes the library). So I imagine most people in my immediate neighborhood have very little use for dedicated e-readers.
What I have seen a lot of are iPads and tablets. That's not surprising to me.