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View Poll Results: How many ebooks have you read from cover to cover? | |||
10 or less | 2 | 1.04% | |
11 to 25 | 14 | 7.25% | |
26 to 50 | 13 | 6.74% | |
51 to 100 | 15 | 7.77% | |
101 or more | 149 | 77.20% | |
Voters: 193. You may not vote on this poll |
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09-14-2013, 07:35 AM | #16 |
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I'll glady admit to the midrange.
I probably average about 4 novels per month. The balance of my time is spent working and deciding what I want to read next. |
09-14-2013, 07:57 AM | #17 | |
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Your experience is about right; there have been several published reports that found that something like 25-30% of the population readily admit they do not read even a single book a year (the actual number is probably higher) and about 50% read but a handful of books a year and those mostly high profile bestsellers. People like us that read/buy at least a handful of books a month are a minority of the population but are the primary source of buyers for non-bestseller titles. We are also the people who can easily justify the upfront cost of an ebook reader and thus were early adopters of ebooks. That has had a lot of economic ramifications for publishing that are still unfolding. Last edited by fjtorres; 09-14-2013 at 08:01 AM. |
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09-14-2013, 08:06 AM | #18 |
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Including short novellas, and not count fanfiction, most likely about 400 a year. Like I've said before I read very fast and the novellas only take me a hour or two.
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09-14-2013, 08:27 AM | #19 |
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4 years, 50-150 books per year.
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09-14-2013, 08:37 AM | #20 |
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My answer would unfortunately have to be zero.
I haven't gotten one e-Book with covers yet. |
09-14-2013, 08:46 AM | #21 |
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Per year: 11 to 25. I used to read a lot more, but lately I found myself more skimming through texts due to lack of time (and no lack of distraction).
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09-14-2013, 01:39 PM | #22 |
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A percentage make more sense for me.
I abandon a few <2% titles as not meeting my tastes. (I put a No in the read column in Calibre. blank is unread.) Another small percentage take a loooooong time to finish , but I do reach the last page flip |
09-14-2013, 01:51 PM | #23 | |
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When I wrote, I was thinking of people I know who don't manage many books a year. But they also aren't members here, so the poll wouldn't apply to them. I read 3-4 books a week, if you count in both ebook and audio, but never paper anymore. I love being a member here. |
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09-14-2013, 02:02 PM | #24 |
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Oh, lots. About three a week since 1991 or so, when I discovered Gutenberg. On all sorts of devices. I do like my paperwhite, though.
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09-14-2013, 03:39 PM | #25 |
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"Cover to cover" this year alone 142. This includes audiobooks, as I don't track them separately.
I started reading ebooks in 2002 on my first Pocket PC, but owning a dedicated eink device has significantly increased the amount of books I read per year. |
09-14-2013, 03:57 PM | #26 | ||||
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I bought my first e-ink device in January 2008, the original Kindle. I had tried reading books from Baen's free library on my PC, but couldn't enjoy reading on the monitor. The Kindle was enough like a traditional paper book that it posed no problem adapting. And, because I could load it up with several books that I wanted to read, it has been very convenient to carry with me on trips. |
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09-14-2013, 07:28 PM | #27 |
Now what?
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here - I'm never without an ereader - at home, at work, anywhere I go that I need to wait (doctor visit, etc.) - my leisure time is reading time. Period. Well, reading time with cats.
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09-14-2013, 08:18 PM | #28 | |
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(at least when they let me ) Last edited by theducks; 09-14-2013 at 08:28 PM. |
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09-14-2013, 08:21 PM | #29 |
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I read at least a minimum of 100 new ebooks a year, I also reread several of my favorite ebooks and fanfiction stories in between just for fun. And this started since I got my first ereader back in 2010.
I don't keep count of how many books I read, I just simply start another book after I finish the last one. |
09-15-2013, 07:50 AM | #30 |
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