MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - ROI for E-Readers?

IJnstijn_II · 09-16-2009, 04:15 AM

Hi all,

as we all know investing in an E-Reader is quite a step to make, especially if you're wanting to have an ILiad or DR1000S from IRex.

I do have the feeling that it does make a R(eturn) O(f) I(nvestment) but I'm not getting the numbers to see it in a the formula.

So far I've gotten to these numbers:

Black and White print (on real paper, A4-size) costs €0,01
Color Print (on real paper-A4 size) costs €0,04

An Iliad costs €599,-

Now, not accounting for electricity, to return your investment, you would have to read 59.900 prints on your Iliad instead of printing them on paper. Even if you print 100 pages a day, that would be almost 2 years before 100% ROI.

I am wanting to try to get companies to use the e-readers, but so far I'm not getting to a satisfactory caculation to sell this to them...

Any help? What do I forget?

IJsbrand Schipperus

09-16-2009, 04:15 AM	#1
IJnstijn_II Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Iliad, want DR1000	ROI for E-Readers? Hi all, as we all know investing in an E-Reader is quite a step to make, especially if you're wanting to have an ILiad or DR1000S from IRex. I do have the feeling that it does make a R(eturn) O(f) I(nvestment) but I'm not getting the numbers to see it in a the formula. So far I've gotten to these numbers: Black and White print (on real paper, A4-size) costs €0,01 Color Print (on real paper-A4 size) costs €0,04 An Iliad costs €599,- Now, not accounting for electricity, to return your investment, you would have to read 59.900 prints on your Iliad instead of printing them on paper. Even if you print 100 pages a day, that would be almost 2 years before 100% ROI. I am wanting to try to get companies to use the e-readers, but so far I'm not getting to a satisfactory caculation to sell this to them... Any help? What do I forget? IJsbrand Schipperus