[Katsunami]

My reaction is: LOL.

In the Netherlands, we have 28.000 e-books (in Dutch) for sale, and we can now borrow 5.000 books. (The numbers... ZE NUMBERZ!!!) At some point, we'd need to start paying €1.11 per e-book if we want to borrow one.

Guys, I've got a newsflash for you.

NOBODY... NO - FRACKING - BODY is buying or even reading Dutch e-books compared to English ones, at least not among the people I know, except for one person because she can't read English. All others read in English and acquire their books outside of the Netherlands because of price, choice, and (in case of classics) the possibility to get them for free.

There are just two reasons for people to read books in Dutch:

- Because the original is Dutch.
- Because they can't or don't want to read English.

If there is an English original, the people who have e-readers read the original, and buy it outside of The Netherlands.

Virtually everybody between 18 and 45 over here understands English to easily read books in English, up to high school level. If an English high-schooler can read it, most Dutch people can read it as well, because taking and passing an English Final Exam is (or at least was, for a very long time) a pre-requisite to obtain a high school diploma. (edit: English is still a core subject, along with Dutch and Mathematics, but now you may fail one of them by obtaining 5 as final mark, and still pass your Final Exam.)

IMHO, the Dutch e-book market (and maybe even the book market) is doomed because of the e-reader.