02-11-2009, 09:46 PM
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02-12-2009, 01:50 AM
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Keeps on Ticking...
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Location: Pacific NW
Device: Kindles, iStuff, Nexus and a partridge
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Male Female Were do you live? How old are you? 16-25 years 26-35 years 35-45 years 46-55 years 55-65 years Over 65 years In which occupational group do you work? Craftsman Semiskilled worker Intermediate Commercial Student Executive Without retired (unemployed, at home ...) Other What e-book do you have? eBookwise 1150 Sony PRS505 Redt How long do you have e-book? 1 month 3 months 2 months 4 months More (specify) Dedicated e-Reader: March 2008 Reading on PDA: early 1990s Is this a personal purchase? Yes No Is this a professional purchase? Yes No Did you receive it as a gift? Yes No Are you satisfied with your e-book? Not at all satisfied Somewhat satisfied Satisfied Very satisfied If not satisfied, can you tell us why? How many books have you downloaded? - than 3 books 3 to 10 books 10 to 20 books 20 to 50 books 50 to 100 books Over than 100 books On average, how many hours per week do you use your e-book? 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours More than 5 hours (specify) Which database do you use to download your digital book? Fictionwise Sony Website ManyBooks Direct From Author Others... Get you more works free (public domain) or paid work? Free books Paid work Where do you use most often your e-book? Public transport House Job What types of books do you read? Fiction Current events School books Practical life (kitchen, garden, health ...) Social science (philosophy, psychology, economy ...) Scientific and technical books Dictionaries, encyclopedias Other (specify) How would you define your e-book? Handy Yes No Practice Yes No Comfortable Yes No Useful Yes No Readable Yes No Esthetic Yes No Revolutionary Yes No Economic Yes No What do you think of the electronic reading? I love it! Thank you very much time you devoted to this questionnaire. Marjorie & Aurore Last edited by Read it!; Today at 02:13 PM. |
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02-12-2009, 02:50 AM
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Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 9,707
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Krewerd
Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6
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Male Female Were do you live? the Netherlands How old are you? 16-25 years 26-35 years 35-45 years 46-55 years 55-65 years Over 65 years In which occupational group do you work? Craftsman Semiskilled worker Intermediate Commercial Student Executive Without retired (unemployed, at home ...) Other What e-book do you have? None as of yet, reading on my PDA (Fujitsu Siemens Pocket Loox 720), going to buy one this year though How long do you have e-book? 1 month 3 months 2 months 4 months More (specify) I've been reading on my PDA for about 6 years, I think Is this a personal purchase? Yes No Is this a professional purchase? Yes No Did you receive it as a gift? Yes No Are you satisfied with your e-book? Not at all satisfied Somewhat satisfied Satisfied, which is why I want to be a dedicated reader Very satisfied If not satisfied, can you tell us why? How many books have you downloaded? - than 3 books 3 to 10 books 10 to 20 books 20 to 50 books 50 to 100 books Over than 100 books On average, how many hours per week do you use your e-book? 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours More than 5 hours (specify) I generally read around 1 to 2 hours a day and more in the weekends Which database do you use to download your digital book? I buy them at Fictionwise.com (I presume that's what you mean) Get you more works free (public domain) or paid work? Free books Paid work 50/50, I'd say Where do you use most often your e-book? Public transport House, not going with public transport that much anymore Job What types of books do you read? Fiction Current events School books Practical life (kitchen, garden, health ...) Social science (philosophy, psychology, economy ...) Scientific and technical books Dictionaries, encyclopedias Other (specify) Historical, Science Fiction, Fantasy... How would you define your e-book? Handy Yes No Practice Yes No Comfortable Yes No Useful Yes No Readable Yes No Esthetic Yes No Revolutionary Yes No Economic Yes No What do you think of the electronic reading? I love it, before I started reading electronically, I always had a book in my bag (and if I didn't have a bag with me, in my coat pocket. But that meant I could only read light books (as in physical weight), as I'd have to carry it with me. My PDA is much more handy to carry around and I even have a selection of books to choose from. Going on holiday always meant standing in front of the bookcase, selecting my books, never knowing how much time I'd have to read and not wanting to bring too many or not enough books (as we were always backpacking, space was at a premium). That problem has completely gone as I now have my entire collection with me. |
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02-12-2009, 05:53 AM
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It's right that some parts of the e-books 's technology are french, but the habits of e-reading are definitively a recent phenomen for the french readers (and maybe the european). |
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And I know that Bookeen is a French company that's been in business for several years.|
02-12-2009, 10:13 AM
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Connoisseur
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Location: Alberta, Canada
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02-12-2009, 11:10 AM
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Guru
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Near Seattle
Device: kindle1, K3, K3G (thanks MR), iTouch, Kindle Touch
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Male Female Were do you live? Near Seattle How old are you? 16-25 years 26-35 years 35-45 years 46-55 years 55-65 years Over 65 years In which occupational group do you work? Craftsman Semiskilled worker Intermediate Commercial Student Executive Without retired (teach part-time) Other What e-book do you have? Kindle1 and iPod Touch How long do you have e-book? 1 month 3 months 2 months 4 months More (Kindle-9 mo., iPod-recent) Is this a personal purchase? Yes No Is this a professional purchase? Yes No Did you receive it as a gift? Yes No Are you satisfied with your e-book? Not at all satisfied Somewhat satisfied Satisfied Very satisfied If not satisfied, can you tell us why? Many books in 1 place for travel, ease of reading How many books have you downloaded? - than 3 books 3 to 10 books 10 to 20 books 20 to 50 books 50 to 100 books Over than 100 books On average, how many hours per week do you use your e-book? 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours More than 5 hours (8 or more) Which database do you use to download your digital book? Amazon, Public Library Get you more works free (public domain) or paid work? Free books Paid work Where do you use most often your e-book? Public transport House Job What types of books do you read? FictionCurrent events School books Practical life (kitchen, garden, health ...) Social science (philosophy, psychology, economy ...) Scientific and technical books Dictionaries, encyclopedias Other (specify) How would you define your e-book? Handy Yes No Practice Yes No Comfortable Yes No Useful Yes No Readable Yes No Esthetic Yes No Revolutionary Yes No Economic Yes No What do you think of the electronic reading? I love it! |
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02-12-2009, 11:17 AM
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Wizard
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02-12-2009, 12:06 PM
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Junior Member
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Location: Mexico City
Device: Sony Reader PRS505, Palm TX
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Last edited by loboMuerto; 02-12-2009 at 12:15 PM. Reason: Errare humanum est |
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02-12-2009, 02:47 PM
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Posts: 1,487
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Redwood City, CA USA
Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500
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Male Female Were do you live? USA How old are you? 16-25 years 26-35 years 35-45 years 46-55 years 55-65 years Over 65 years In which occupational group do you work? Craftsman Semiskilled worker Intermediate Commercial Student Executive Without retired (unemployed, at home ...) Other Ph.D. Software Engineer -- I can't tell which category that fits in, as your categories don't make much sense by typical US terminology. What e-book do you have? Sony PRS-700, Sony PRS-500. I previously owned an RCA REB-1100. How long do you have e-book? 1 month 3 months 2 months 4 months More (specify): I've owned the 700 since Christmas; the 500 for a bit over 2 years. Before that, I owned the REB-1100 for 5 years. Is this a personal purchase? Yes No Is this a professional purchase? Yes No Did you receive it as a gift? Yes No Yes for the 700; no for the 500. No for the prior REB-1100. Are you satisfied with your e-book? Not at all satisfied Somewhat satisfied Satisfied Very satisfied If not satisfied, can you tell us why? How many books have you downloaded? - than 3 books 3 to 10 books 10 to 20 books 20 to 50 books 50 to 100 books Over than 100 books 800+ and counting. And yes, I've read them all. On average, how many hours per week do you use your e-book? 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours More than 5 hours (specify)Probably around 10 hours/week; it gets nearly all my reading time. Which database do you use to download your digital book? Primarily Baen's Webscriptions site (for commercial books); Mobileread (this site) for public domain. Fictionwise and a few others also get a bit of my money. Strictly speaking, "database" is the wrong term. I think you mean "website" or "online vendor" or something like that. Get you more works free (public domain) or paid work? Free books Paid workBy a very wide margin. Where do you use most often your e-book? Public transport House Job What types of books do you read? Fiction <===mostly Current events School books Practical life (kitchen, garden, health ...) Social science (philosophy, psychology, economy ...) Scientific and technical books Dictionaries, encyclopedias Other (specify) I use the eBook reader almost exclusively for fiction. The various non-fiction is mostly dead-tree-format. How would you define your e-book? Handy Yes No Practice Yes No Comfortable Yes No Useful Yes No Readable Yes No Esthetic Yes No Revolutionary Yes No Economic Yes No No answer to "revolutionary" because I'm not sure. "Economic" is a yes only because my primary supplier (Baen) is sane about prices, so I've saved far more money buying books than I have spent buying e-Book-reading hardware. If I bought elsewhere, my answer would be a resounding "NO!" What do you think of the electronic reading? I prefer buying books in bits. If I had a completely free choice (no issues of DRM, availability, etc.) I would purchase paper books only for the very few authors who are my absolute favorites. Otherwise eBooks are a complete win -- easier storage, can take dozens with me when I travel, instant gratification when purchasing, etc. Xenophon |
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02-12-2009, 02:53 PM
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Wizard
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Location: Citrus Heights, California
Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V
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I'll grant you that Sony hasn't had a large European market penetration until recently - but that's Sony's fault. And I'm glad that the French are learning to enjoy reading ebooks on e-ink devices. I was just pointing out that there are other ways to enjoy reading ebooks - desktop computers, laptop computers, large-screen cellphones and pda devices - so the idea of "reading" from an electronic device - for pleasure - shouldn't have been all that new and unusual. Derek |
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02-13-2009, 12:23 PM
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Has got to the black veil
Posts: 542
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Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania
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Male Female Were do you live? U.S., Pennsylvania to be exact. How old are you? 16-25 years 26-35 years 35-45 years 46-55 years 55-65 years Over 65 years In which occupational group do you work? Craftsman Semiskilled worker Intermediate Commercial Student Executive Without retired (unemployed, at home ...) Other (Webmaster) What e-book do you have? Cybook Gen3 How long do you have e-book? 1 month 3 months 2 months 4 months More (specify) A little more than a year. Is this a personal purchase? Yes No Is this a professional purchase? Yes No Did you receive it as a gift? Yes No Are you satisfied with your e-book? Not at all satisfied Somewhat satisfied Satisfied Very satisfied If not satisfied, can you tell us why? How many books have you downloaded? - than 3 books 3 to 10 books 10 to 20 books 20 to 50 books 50 to 100 books Over than 100 books (that includes free public domain books as well as purchased ebooks) On average, how many hours per week do you use your e-book? 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours More than 5 hours (specify) 10-15 hours Which database do you use to download your digital book? Here at MobileRead, also Girlebooks, Manybooks, Feedbooks, BooksOnBoard, Fictionwise. Get you more works free (public domain) or paid work? Free books Paid work Where do you use most often your e-book? Public transport House Job What types of books do you read? Fiction Current events School books Practical life (kitchen, garden, health ...) Social science (philosophy, psychology, economy ...) Scientific and technical books Dictionaries, encyclopedias Other (specify) How would you define your e-book? Handy Yes No Practice Yes No (I guess you mean "practical"?) Comfortable Yes No Useful Yes No Readable Yes No Esthetic Yes No Revolutionary Yes No Economic Yes No (sort of--the device was expensive, but all those free books are great) What do you think of the electronic reading? I love it. I live in a small space and I've been able to reduce the books I keep in it. Also I can carry lots of books around with me easily. |
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02-13-2009, 12:34 PM
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Wizard
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02-13-2009, 12:37 PM
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Grand Sorcerer
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Location: Florida
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Male Female Were do you live? How old are you? 16-25 years 26-35 years 35-45 years 46-55 years 55-65 years Over 65 years In which occupational group do you work? Craftsman Semiskilled worker Intermediate Commercial Student Executive Without retired (unemployed, at home ...) Other What e-book do you have? Sony 505 How long do you have e-book? 1 month 3 months 2 months 4 months More (specify) 1.5 years Is this a personal purchase? Yes No Is this a professional purchase? Yes No Did you receive it as a gift? Yes No Are you satisfied with your e-book? Not at all satisfied Somewhat satisfied Satisfied Very satisfied If not satisfied, can you tell us why? How many books have you downloaded? - than 3 books 3 to 10 books 10 to 20 books 20 to 50 books 50 to 100 books Over than 100 books On average, how many hours per week do you use your e-book? 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours More than 5 hours (specify) Which database do you use to download your digital book? Get you more works free (public domain) or paid work? Free books Where do you use most often your e-book? Public transport House Job What types of books do you read? Fiction Current events School books Practical life (kitchen, garden, health ...) Social science (philosophy, psychology, economy ...) Scientific and technical books Dictionaries, encyclopedias Other (specify) How would you define your e-book? Handy Yes No Practice Yes No Comfortable Yes No Useful Yes No Readable Yes No Esthetic Yes No Revolutionary Yes No Economic Yes No What do you think of the electronic reading? |
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02-16-2009, 09:41 AM
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Connoisseur
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Location: Italy
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Male Female Were do you live? Rome, Italy How old are you? 16-25 years 26-35 years 35-45 years 46-55 years 55-65 years Over 65 years In which occupational group do you work? Craftsman Semiskilled worker Intermediate Commercial Student Executive Without retired (unemployed, at home ...) Other I'm an IT worker What e-book do you have? Bookeen CyBook Gen3 How long do you have e-book? 1 month 3 months 2 months 4 months More (specify) 8 months Is this a personal purchase? Yes No Is this a professional purchase? Yes No Did you receive it as a gift? Yes No Are you satisfied with your e-book? Not at all satisfied Somewhat satisfied Satisfied Very satisfied If not satisfied, can you tell us why? How many books have you downloaded? - than 3 books 3 to 10 books 10 to 20 books 20 to 50 books 50 to 100 books Over than 100 books On average, how many hours per week do you use your e-book? 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours More than 5 hours (specify) I cannot quantify exactly how much, I can spend days, even weeks, without reading a word, but I can also spend 4-5 hours per day reading. It depend on my mood. Which database do you use to download your digital book? mobileread.com; mobipocket.com; fictionwise.com; ebook.mondadori.com; custom scans Get you more works free (public domain) or paid work? Free books Paid work Where do you use most often your e-book? Public transport House Job What types of books do you read? Fiction (almost only fiction on my ebook reader) Current events School books Practical life (kitchen, garden, health ...) Social science (philosophy, psychology, economy , history...) Scientific and technical books Dictionaries, encyclopedias Other (specify) How would you define your e-book? Handy Yes No Practice Yes No Comfortable Yes No Useful Yes No Readable Yes No Esthetic Yes No Revolutionary Yes No Economic Yes No Last edited by elena; 02-16-2009 at 10:01 AM. |
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