How often do you see Kindles in public?

[TheKindleWorm]

Here in the UK (East Anglia region) I've seen a total of 0 ereading devices! I have seen people trying to read on laptops or mobile phones on train journeys but that's it.

My family think I'm weird that I want to read on a machine and not from a "real book" as they call them! Even tech-mad hubby won't be persuaded to get a Kindle. I delight in telling him when I've bought a book for much less and when I'm downloading one and reading it instantly while his is in the post!

[suecsi]

- 10% just look pissed off its Monday.

Particularly today with the strike .....

[TenaciousBadger]

Originally Posted by TheKindleWorm

My family think I'm weird that I want to read on a machine and not from a "real book" as they call them! Even tech-mad hubby won't be persuaded to get a Kindle. I delight in telling him when I've bought a book for much less and when I'm downloading one and reading it instantly while his is in the post!

i get the same reaction. one actually asked "and can you read on that thing?"
and my answer to their dismayed "why?' is: mine gets here in less than 10 secs. when does yours?

[dkb]

I see them mostly on the train, and at the airport, or on the airplane. Because I use the Kindle app, I don't take my Kindle out in public much anymore. I read on my iPhone when eating out by myself or waiting for appointments. I still take my Kindle when traveling.

[RDaneel54]

Maybe all the Kindle readers are reading at home?

I don't take mine out often; last time was to the dentist's office. I spent my waiting time talking about my Kindle to the curious instead of reading it.

When I travelled a lot, I occasionally saw other e-Book readers. I used my Sony then and sat next to a guy with a Kindle. We compared and frankly, I liked the idea of instant gratification with book orders. Not so big a deal for me now.

Dean

[EowynCarter]

Mmm, two.

Reader i've seen "in the wild", where mostly Sony's.

[gfoster]

I've lost count. I see Kindles ALL the time on the BART (train system in the san francisco bay area). I see the occasional nook, and a sony every now and then, but I probably see 10 kindles for any non-kindle. I've actually seen at least half a dozen people at a time in just the area of the (overcrowded) car I'm in on the train all with Kindles.

I also get asked about mine constantly. I should get a kickback, I've probably sold a dozen of them myself just through glowing recommendations.

-- Gary F.

[Latinandgreek]

Originally Posted by digiridan

Here in Croatia I haven't seen anyone with a e-book reader

I've seen a couple (they were most likely tourists, I live in a touristy area, near Zadar, and, frankly, they looked like tourists). I'm pretty sure that the Kindle does ship to Croatia, but I've never seen one, and I think you might be able to buy Pocket Pro readers in either Algoritam or Profil in Zg (at a vastly inflated price, we're talking roughly double what you'd pay in the U.S.) Last year I saw that they were charging about $2000 KN for a 6 inch reader!

[TrvlrsChick]

I've seen a Nook in the wild, a lady was reading one in the waiting room of a restaurant hubby and I were in. This was right before I got mine, and I remember thinking how neat it was. I may have sold a Nook as well, the lady at the salon who was giving me my pedicure was very curious about mine.

[doreenjoy]

Originally Posted by EowynCarter

Mmm, two.

Reader i've seen "in the wild", where mostly Sony's.

same here! Only two Kindles, many more Sony Readers.

I think Sony has the size factor going for it...easier to carry around than a Kindle.

[sportourer1]

I have never seen anyone reading with any form of eReader which is depressing as my first novel is supposedly for sale on Amazon for Kindle download

[digiridan]

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

I've seen a couple (they were most likely tourists, I live in a touristy area, near Zadar, and, frankly, they looked like tourists). I'm pretty sure that the Kindle does ship to Croatia, but I've never seen one, and I think you might be able to buy Pocket Pro readers in either Algoritam or Profil in Zg (at a vastly inflated price, we're talking roughly double what you'd pay in the U.S.) Last year I saw that they were charging about $2000 KN for a 6 inch reader!

It was around 1330kn (wifi only).

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by sportourer1

I have never seen anyone reading with any form of eReader which is depressing as my first novel is supposedly for sale on Amazon for Kindle download

welcome to the forums sportourer! there is a section called "author self promotion". you may want to put your book there

[mgmueller]

I'm still surprised, how seldom I see any kind of eBook reader in public.

My gut feeling says, I've seen more people reading eBooks, when PDAs had been popular.
I've started myself reading eBooks on Pocket PCs in 2000. Back then, before the BlackBerry era, PDAs had been permanent traveling companions of lots of my friends and colleagues.
BlackBerrys, probably due to their relatively bad display (just my personal reason) and their kind of closed OS, never could close the gap.
In 2007, after 2 years pausing eBooks, I wanted to start again. PDAs had been dead then and so I've found my iRex iLiad.
I've convinced some friends and sometimes I see eBook readers "in the wild".
A few Sonys, about the same number of Kindles, very few iPads (and usually being used for multimedia, not for reading).
I still see way more people reading newspapers or paper books...

[mgmueller]

Originally Posted by Andrew Kaufman

...since Amazon announced they sell more Kindle books than hardcovers, you'd been seeing them pop up all over the place. But for me, not so much.

I guess, that's easy to explain: How often do you see people reading hardcovers in public? Usually I only see them reading paperbacks on the train, in parks and other public places.
And paperbacks still outsell any eBooks a hundred times...