[ec1matt]

I just got emailed a survey from ICM about the Sony Reader, presumably because I registered it online.

Overall, the survey was pretty good with the sort of questions you'd expect - why did you buy it, what's your favourite feature, what sort of books do you like. I was surprised to find by looking at my Waterstones order history, I've bought 12 ebooks since I got the Reader in November 2009 - way more books than I'd normally expect to buy.

The bit I was disappointed about way although there were questions about pricing (how should an ebook's price compare to a print book, and what would you pay for a newly-released ebook vs an older title) but there was no place to comment on the weird pricing at Waterstones - a couple of titles I've wanted from there have been about £14 and I thought that was because the titles were only out in hardback, but now the paperback is available for about £5-6, the price of the ebook hasn't shifted. Needless to say, I've resisted temptation so far.

Matt