Cool-er: A million units sold!?

Patricia · 09-10-2009, 08:27 AM

According to this interview in the London Guardian, Neil Jones of Interead, claims that over a million Cool-ers have been sold worldwide:

Cool-er 'confident' it can beat Sony's e-reader sales in UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...r-google-books

zelda_pinwheel · 09-10-2009, 08:29 AM

wow, a million already ??? that's quite impressive !! and overall excellent news ; a million cool-ers sold means a million people reading ebooks ! looks like the ebook game is really heating up at last. now if only we could have some sales figures from sony and amazon...

Abecedary · 09-10-2009, 08:34 AM

"Surpassed seven figures", eh? Color me a bit skeptical. Maybe they misplaced a decimal or something. After all, how many Cool-er users do we have around here? I realize this place isn't exactly a representative sample, but you'd figure we'd have more than a handful if the Cool-er were actually selling that briskly.

Dopedangel · 09-10-2009, 08:40 AM

wow but I thought the company that makes eink screens doesn't have the capacity to produce so many screens yet

Patricia · 09-10-2009, 08:43 AM

I must say that I find this a bit hard to believe, and was wondering whether a million Hanlin/Jinke clones might be more accurate.

Nate the great · 09-10-2009, 08:43 AM

There can't be a million sold. Cooler has been on the market only a few months, and screen production during that time is measured (at most) in hundred of thousands. And that's screens for all the manufacturers (Sony Amazon, Jinke, Netronix).

zelda_pinwheel · 09-10-2009, 08:45 AM

hm, so is cool-er confused ? are they talking about ebooks (files) rather than liseuses ? an astounding backlog of orders they'll never be able to fill ? i'm surprised by the number as well but large numbers are totally abstract to me so i really can't tell how unrealistic this is.

Hadrien · 09-10-2009, 08:59 AM

They're a bunch of liars.

zelda_pinwheel · 09-10-2009, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hadrien

They're a bunch of liars.

don't put the gloves on hadrien, tell us what you *really* think.

Riocaz · 09-10-2009, 09:03 AM

You have to admit he seems to have them sussed though Zelda :-)

zelda_pinwheel · 09-10-2009, 09:04 AM

oh, i'm not being skeptical !

acidzebra · 09-10-2009, 09:05 AM

The header says

Quote:

Interead sells 1m of its colourful Cool-er e-readers in its first months

but in the article he is quoted as saying

Quote:

After a few months in the market, worldwide sales of the Cool-er (which costs £189 in the UK) have surpassed seven figures

Perhaps he has sold some 5300 readers worldwide (5300*189GBP=1,001,700 GBP) and there is some mix-up. I don't know. 5300 seems a feasible number.

igorsk · 09-10-2009, 09:05 AM

Quote:

After a few months in the market, worldwide sales of the Cool-er (which costs £189 in the UK) have surpassed seven figures, he says.

1000000 / 189 = 5 291
Nothing to write home about, methinks.

Patricia · 09-10-2009, 09:06 AM

I've reported the story to the Guardian as inaccurate, and directed them to this thread. If anyone has any evidence of how many screens PVI is actually capable of producing, this would help to prove the inaccuracy.

JSWolf · 09-10-2009, 09:11 AM

There is no way the Cool-er has sold over 1,000,000 units. And not especially with the luke warm reviews we've read as well.

09-10-2009, 08:27 AM	#1
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Cool-er: A million units sold!? According to this interview in the London Guardian, Neil Jones of Interead, claims that over a million Cool-ers have been sold worldwide: Cool-er 'confident' it can beat Sony's e-reader sales in UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...r-google-books

09-10-2009, 08:43 AM	#6
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	impossible There can't be a million sold. Cooler has been on the market only a few months, and screen production during that time is measured (at most) in hundred of thousands. And that's screens for all the manufacturers (Sony Amazon, Jinke, Netronix).

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09-10-2009, 08:29 AM	#2
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	wow, a million already ??? that's quite impressive !! and overall excellent news ; a million cool-ers sold means a million people reading ebooks ! looks like the ebook game is really heating up at last. now if only we could have some sales figures from sony and amazon...

09-10-2009, 08:34 AM	#3
Abecedary Exwyzeeologist Posts: 535 Karma: 3261 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: :PRS-505::iPod touch:	"Surpassed seven figures", eh? Color me a bit skeptical. Maybe they misplaced a decimal or something. After all, how many Cool-er users do we have around here? I realize this place isn't exactly a representative sample, but you'd figure we'd have more than a handful if the Cool-er were actually selling that briskly.

09-10-2009, 08:40 AM	#4
Dopedangel Wizard Posts: 1,798 Karma: 30548723 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Singapore Device: Boyue	wow but I thought the company that makes eink screens doesn't have the capacity to produce so many screens yet

09-10-2009, 08:45 AM	#7
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	hm, so is cool-er confused ? are they talking about ebooks (files) rather than liseuses ? an astounding backlog of orders they'll never be able to fill ? i'm surprised by the number as well but large numbers are totally abstract to me so i really can't tell how unrealistic this is.

09-10-2009, 08:59 AM	#8
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	They're a bunch of liars.

09-10-2009, 09:03 AM	#10
Riocaz Fulfilled but not by iRex Posts: 932 Karma: 286846 Join Date: May 2006 Location: London Device: Far too many	You have to admit he seems to have them sussed though Zelda :-)

09-10-2009, 09:04 AM	#11
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	oh, i'm not being skeptical !

09-10-2009, 09:06 AM	#14
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I've reported the story to the Guardian as inaccurate, and directed them to this thread. If anyone has any evidence of how many screens PVI is actually capable of producing, this would help to prove the inaccuracy.

09-10-2009, 09:11 AM	#15
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,784 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	There is no way the Cool-er has sold over 1,000,000 units. And not especially with the luke warm reviews we've read as well.