01-26-2013, 01:37 PM | #1 |
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The Death of Ereaders Is Because of...Death?
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from the Register: Don’t blame the tablet computer for the demise of the ebook reader. Instead, look no further than aged users who are inconveniently - for Amazon, Sony, Barnes & Noble, Kobo et al - kicking the bucket. That’s the claim made by ABI Research, a market watcher which has been tracking the ereader business for more than 10 years. ABI’s argument, derived from examining various territories and the people within them who buy these devices, is that most of the world’s ereader shipments are going into the US, where many of the consumers buying them are of ever more advancing years. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01...reader_market/ tuskin |
01-26-2013, 02:29 PM | #2 |
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I can see it. My library has had an e-reader "play day" a couple times now. In both instances, everyone there was older than I, and I am officially a senior citizen.
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01-26-2013, 02:39 PM | #3 |
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That's a problem with reading as such; not especially reading devices. Less people read.
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01-26-2013, 03:51 PM | #4 |
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I must admit I don't see the connection. Why is it a demise? Have all the old readers suddenly died at once?
I would have thought that it is just the other way round. E-readers are great for seniors because otherwise they wouldn't buy any books at all because of fading eye-sight. And in the same sense seniors are good for ereader companies (ebooks and devices). They now have time and often the money to spend. |
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Riiighhttt!
A bit behind the curve, those folks. Three years ago, the age distribution curve of ebook readers in the US did skew slightly towards the 45-65 demographic. But that skew ended a year later as prices dropped and working age adults adopted ebook readers. It even started skewing towards the young *female* working age demographic. And, in case the boomers do die off at some point in the *future*: http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...w-read-ebooks/ Quote:
It's already been debated to death that ebook readers adoption is slowing because the darn things just keep on working and new models aren't compelling enough to get existing owners to upgrade. Those with the disposable income are instead looking to other devices to spend their toy money one. (There's a new XBOX due this year, for example.) |
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01-26-2013, 05:18 PM | #6 |
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01-26-2013, 05:30 PM | #7 |
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01-26-2013, 06:04 PM | #8 |
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And I'm running a DX that hasn't been updated for at least 2 years. Yeah, it's slower than those fancy new models, but it only has to turn a page with reasonable speed and store the books I want to read. I've already got two DX backups when or if this one dies.
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The article contradicts itself. It starts by saying (emphasis mine):
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Sounds like a Catch-22. It is quite possible that the dedicated ebook readers disappear instead as more and more people don't read paper books no more (or less and less so). |
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01-27-2013, 05:46 AM | #10 |
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1 dropped very far - can not retrieve 1 on loan permanent 2 in lockers in different places 1 in travel bag all time - kbk3 3g 1 day a thousand years from now dropped 1 will be found cause excitement wonder |
01-27-2013, 05:57 AM | #11 |
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Well I think it's because .......arrrrgggguuuuuhhh.
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01-27-2013, 06:45 AM | #12 |
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01-27-2013, 07:22 PM | #13 |
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The e-reader isn't dying. And even if all the people with e-readers were old people, they make more old people.
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01-27-2013, 08:42 PM | #15 |
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What, Naptown?
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