Ebook reader survey results

[Katti's Cat]

Originally Posted by astra

Ditto.

I am sure publishers know it. Only they want to bully us into thinking what is convenient for them. I think they hate articles like that.

I agree with you. I think they haven't embraced the 'new' technology yet and are afraid of the big new world and don't know how to handle it. So they bash it because then consumers stick to the known.

[Katti's Cat]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

I wouldn't dream of bashing you. In our case, it's ME that would have the walls lined with bookshelves, but I am fortunate: Chris would be egging me on and asking where to put the next one! As much as I adore reading ebooks and not having to worry about moving them, shipping them, storing them - I also love the look of a room lined with bookshelves filled with well-loved books. Call me a contradiction...

I'm with you. I am still dreaming of a room dedicated to be a library full of books with a comfy reading chair.

[Katti's Cat]

Originally Posted by charleski

???
But it does. I certainly buy almost no fiction in physical formats any more.

But you still buy the books right? So it's just an eBook sales instead of a real book sales.

[Boston]

- 40% of respondents indicated that affordability of books on e-readers was driving their increased consumption, and 47% indicated the release of more interesting books as a reason for spending more time reading print media (likely due to better discovery on e-readers)

My increased consumption is because its easier on the eyes and convenience.
That must mean I fall in the remaining 13%, which is surprising to me.

[6charlong]

I think the premise of the piece is silly. Why wouldn't ebooks sell more books to people who read.

Since I was 15 I've never been able to leave a bookstore without buying something. Now, every time I turn my PC on I find myself in the biggest bookstore ever. Of course we buy more books this way! The loser isn't publishers, it's TV broadcasters.

[LDBoblo]

Unfortunately, ebooks are encouraging me to buy more paper books, which is quite contrary to my intended purpose of buying an ebook reader.

[charleski]

Originally Posted by Katti's Cat

But you still buy the books right? So it's just an eBook sales instead of a real book sales.

Certainly, a sale is a sale, whether it's digital or physical. As long as publishers can be secure in the knowledge that they'll make as much net revenue off a digital sale as off a physical one then there's no reason for them to fear ebooks. This is why I don't think Amazon's bullying tactics are doing anything to help the medium-term growth of the ebook market.

Ebooks may make it easier to purchase and manage books, but at the end of the day I only have so many hours to indulge in reading, and doing it digitally doesn't mean I'll be reading significantly more.