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Old 08-17-2010, 02:02 AM   #1
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Reader introduction in Denmark
This 5 inch reader is being introduced in one of the biggest danish supermarket chains this week. If anyone knows the device under different names, please reply and say which.

The ad has a reference to a danish publisher, who is selling ebooks. Here are some prices, which I have converted to dollars:
Stieg Larsson books 15$
Some danish authors unknown here: 20$ - 39$
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Old 08-17-2010, 04:12 AM   #2
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The image looks to be of the EER-051D e-reader from Paradigm Shift, I think. It is an LCD, not e-ink reader if it is the Paradigm Shift.
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999 DEK would be close to a Kindle WiFi. On the other hand you won't find that in Bilka. Are there enough Danish books available digitally to make it viable?
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999 DEK would be close to a Kindle WiFi. On the other hand you won't find that in Bilka. Are there enough Danish books available digitally to make it viable?
There are a number of danish books available, they are priced to make certain no one will buy them. One popular danish author is Hanne Vibeke Holst. Sweedish television has dramatised some of her novels. They are priced at 229 - 269 DKR, which is 39$ - 46$.

I don't think the reader can compete with a K3 wifi, but I still think it is news that a major chain pushing it.
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On the verge of a paradigm shift?
What about Peter Höegh? I really like him, even read him in original just to get the right feeling.
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Old 08-17-2010, 06:13 AM   #6
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999 DEK would be close to a Kindle WiFi. On the other hand you won't find that in Bilka. Are there enough Danish books available digitally to make it viable?
ebib.dk - e-books at the library
SAXO.com
Gyldendal e-bøger

Saxo sells at cost price at the moment, to keep the price down.
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There are a number of danish books available, they are priced to make certain no one will buy them. One popular danish author is Hanne Vibeke Holst. Swedish television has dramatised some of her novels. They are priced at 229 - 269 DKR, which is 39$ - 46$.
Gyldendal has priced their ebooks up to 100 DKK above the p-book price...
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I don't think the reader can compete with a K3 wifi, but I still think it is news that a major chain pushing it.
Looks like LCD. I highly doubt it will be able to compete with the Kindle on quality, and I would make doubly sure it can handle DRM'd epub (the text is ambiguous).
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Old 08-17-2010, 07:02 AM   #7
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The e-reader in the picture was developed by a Singapore company called Gajah. The software really isn't very good.
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HarperCollins-type pricing stupidity crossing oceans, I see.
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Old 08-17-2010, 07:44 AM   #9
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HarperCollins-type pricing stupidity crossing oceans, I see.
Oh, yes. They claim it's to cover their costs. That they have extra costs is not an unreasonable claim (tiny market, devices v. expensive here, books are expensive in general, too -> few book buyers), but to price them so that they are a worse deal than buying p-books and at the same time trying to convince people to buy them - plus an expensive device...
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Stieg Larsson books 15$
That seems awfully expensive. The British versions cost £2.68 ($4.18 at today's exchange rate), including 17.5% VAT.
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At least you have it. Last I checked, there where no e-book of millenium in french.

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yldendal has priced their ebooks up to 100 DKK above the p-book price...
100DKK is about the price of the book right ? Maybe 150DKK ?
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E-books are expensive in Sweden too. Piratförlaget is showing common sense and price new e-books at 100 SEK ( roughly 10 euro), but then the price drops. Sadly, the other publishers aren't showing the same common sense.

Luckily, you can get the e-books from the library. I have discovered lots of new authors that way
The e-readers available are good. The prices aren't that high compared to prices in other countries, except US and UK.
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That seems awfully expensive. The British versions cost £2.68 ($4.18 at today's exchange rate), including 17.5% VAT.
The Stieg Larsson trilogy has special low prices for ebooks versions at Gyldendal (90 DKK ~ $15), the paperback version costs around 120 DKK (~$21) - I think that's ordinary paper-back price... not 100% sure. You can guess I hardly ever buy books in Denmark at ordinary retail price

An example of a newly published book is "Sumobrødre": hardcover: 199 DKK ~$35 , e-book: 289 DKK ~ $50 (it's not yet out in paperback). Prices are incl. 25% VAT. I think that's one of the worst cases. If they matched the hardcover price, that would be more reasonable. Gyldendal is a publisher BTW (with their own Internet store). A re-seller, saxo.com is selling at cost price because they think e-books are too expensive.
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ebib.dk - e-books at the library
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Gyldendal e-bøger

Saxo sells at cost price at the moment, to keep the price down.

Gyldendal has priced their ebooks up to 100 DKK above the p-book price...
Thanks for the saxo link. Saxo is cheaper than Gyldendal, BUT prices are still roughly doubled, compared to what causes our US friends to write angry letters, and demand that the airforce and navy be dispatched immediatly.
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