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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Well, not here. I don't know anyone who uses an ereader, besides myself and my niece, who got one of mine. I never see any in public transport either. Everyone has their nose in their phone, or very occasionally in a tablet. No ereaders. But then, ebooks aren't particularly popular here. Local stuff is expensive and probably lots of people borrow from a library, which you can only do with paper books here. The only local book subscription service only works on phones and tablets, not on eink and not even in a browser.
OTOH, I've managed to sell all my old ereaders relatively quickly, so there must be some people who use them.  |
I was in Russia many years ago and it's the only place where I saw people read on e-readers in public transport. Reading has a much higher status there than in many other places in Europe and they do have a long tradition of e-books. All Russian books, more or less, are available as e-books.
In other European countries I haven't seen people read on anything other than their phones.
The trend also seems to be mostly about audio nowadays. My parents have always read a great deal, and they do have e-readers (some local brand), but they mostly either read physical library books or listen to audio books.
I'd wager that most people consume books through audio, even in public transport - either that or podcasts.
I'm the only one I know that reads books in public transport or when I'm alone at some café - but even then I do it on a Hisense A9, so it'd look like reading on a regular smartphone to anyone around me. An e-ink smartphone is a dream come true for me.