02-11-2009, 02:54 PM
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Your opinion on e-books
Students in information-communication, we have a project on e-books and would like to have your opinion on these.
A moment to give us? To save you time, this questionnaire is pre-filled. Simply highlight / frame ... your answer. (And sorry for our bad english  ))Are you a man or a woman? 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? How long do you have e-book? 1 month 3 months 2 months 4 months More (specify) 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 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? Thank you very much time you devoted to this questionnaire. Marjorie & Aurore Last edited by Read it!; 02-11-2009 at 05:13 PM. |
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02-11-2009, 03:30 PM
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02-11-2009, 03:51 PM
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02-11-2009, 04:03 PM
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Are you a man or a woman? Male Female Where do you live? Oakland, California; 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? (Note: these are not common ways of describing jobs in the U.S, and people may not understand what you mean by them. I have no idea what "Profession Liberal" means.) Craftsman Semiskilled worker Intermediate Profession Liberal Commercial Student Executive None/Retired (unemployed, at home ...) Other What e-book reading device do you have? Sony PRS-505, and a couple of Cliés, which I no longer use regularly. How long do you have e-book? 1 month 3 months 2 months 4 months More (specify) Sony: 3 months Cliés: 2 years Is this a personal purchase? Yes No Was this a professional purchase? Yes No Was this a gift? Yes No (Note: asking "was this a gift" implies "did you receive it as a gift?" Asking "is this a gift?" implies "Are you planning on giving it to someone else?" Also, it's possible these three could be combined into one question.) Are you satisfied with your e-book? Not at all satisfied Somewhat satisfied Satisfied Very satisfied If not satisfied, can you tell us why? I am satisfied--it acts as I expected. The cover broke after a couple of weeks, and I am occasionally annoyed at long times for loading books, which is why I'm not "very satisfied." How many books have you downloaded? - than 3 books 3 to 10 books 10 to 20 books 20 to 50 books Over 50 books (I suspect you'll want to increase this number if you're asking regular readers of ebooks--since Sony offers 100 free downloads with purchase, and many free ebook sites have thousands of books, it's very common to have downloaded hundreds of books even if one hasn't read them.) 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 6-10 hours/week. It's hard to guess accurately, because I read on public transit and during breaks at work. Which program do you use to download your digital book? Various. I occasionally use Sony's library program. More often, I use Calibre to convert books from other formats to LRF. Sometimes I just throw PDFs or RTFs onto the reader without any conversion. (This is a hard-to-understand question. I *download* books with Firefox, usually. I *install them on the Reader* with Sony's eLibrary, or Calibre, or Windows explorer.) Get you more works free (public domain) or paid work (recent works)? Free books Paid work (Another troublesome question. I have a large collection of free, Creative Commons works, which are recent and not in the public domain.) Where do you use most often your e-book? Public transport House Job I use my Reader the majority of time I'm on public transit--but I spend more hours using it at home. I answered by percentage of time, rather than hours. What types of books do you read? Literature Current events School books Practical life (kitchen, garden, health ...) Social science (tests, papers ...) Scientific and technical books Dictionaries, encyclopedias Other (specify) Science fiction/fantasy, Fanfiction, Essays, Documentaries, Philosophy, Spirituality. (Another troublesome question; these aren't how I mentally categorize books. Is all fiction considered "Literature?" And the nonfiction I read doesn't fit into any of those categories.) How would you define your e-book? Handy Yes No Practical 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 prefer books on screen; I no longer read books on paper if I can avoid it at all, and am considering converting some of the books I have and wish to read to ebooks because it'd be less annoying than reading the paper format. However, I know that what appeals to me doesn't appeal to everyone, and until there's an eInk screen that's at least 5x7" and under $150, ebooks aren't going to appeal to many people. I don't think ebooks are going to "eliminate paper books" within the next 50 years, and maybe not ever--but I do think they're going to change the publishing industries. |
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02-11-2009, 04:41 PM
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02-11-2009, 04:45 PM
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Thank you Elfwreck for the edit! (my english is really pathetic)
And others for the answers. It's very useful for us, and we'll try to communicate the result of the inquiry in your website. |
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02-11-2009, 05:11 PM
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Be sure Elfwreck, we dont' want to increase the result (for the number of books), in France, the e-book is a very recent phenomen, so, at the begining, we'll never imagine that people have download so many books. Actually, the question: over than 100 books? is a reality...
Your point of view is levelheaded and very interesting: thank you very much! [Moreover, i'll never imagine that "Literature" could be something for wisemen in an ivory-tower : ]
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02-11-2009, 05:35 PM
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02-11-2009, 05:56 PM
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Many people who are new to ebooks have *downloaded* many; the key question is whether they have *read* many ebooks. People who only know about paid ebook sites may have only downloaded a small number, but those who visit free sites may download many ebooks. And that can be a hard question too; at Fictionwise, they sell many "ebooks" that are single short stories, rather than novels. I suspect that a more practical question would be: How many ebooks have you acquired for your ebook reader? • A number you can count. • More than you bother to keep aware of. But that doesn't fit as nicely into survey methods.
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02-11-2009, 05:57 PM
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Male, USA, 46-55, retired
eBookwise, 26 months, personal purchase, Satisfied, over 200 books read on it, 20-25 hours per week, mostly free books from various sources, read at home, mostly fiction with some nonfiction (primarily history) handy, practical, comfortable, useful, readable, economic = yes; aesthetic = not really; revolutionary = in its time Very nearly all books I read, I do so as ebooks, with only newspapers and magazines read on paper |
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02-11-2009, 06:08 PM
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Male Female Were do you live? BC, Canada 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? Cybook Gen3, HP iPAQ How long do you have e-book? 1 month 3 months 2 months 4 months More (specify) I have been using my iPAQ pda to read eBooks for over 4 years, I have had my Cybook since December 2007. 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 Fictionwise shows 747 items, if I include free eBooks and those purchased at other eBook stores I am probably at almost 1000 downloaded. Perhaps 600 read, many short stories included.  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 read a minimum of 15 hrs a week, I only read on my eBook reader Which database do you use to download your digital book? Fictionwise and Books On Board for paid books, MoblileRead for public domain ones. 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 Practical 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 do the vast majority of my reading in electronic format. After the years of reading on my PDA and the past year reading on my Cybook I find it awkward to read a paper book now. |
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02-11-2009, 06:52 PM
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Ummm... Isn't Mobipocket based in France? Been in business for more than five years? How can e-books and e-book readers be a 'recent phenomenon'??? And I know that Bookeen is a French company that's been in business for several years.Derek |
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02-11-2009, 06:55 PM
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02-11-2009, 07:10 PM
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Male Female Were do you live? USA, Pennsylvania 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) 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) Probably 10-12 Which database do you use to download your digital book? Sony eBookstore/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? 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? If I didn't have an ebook device, I wouldn't like it. But with one, it is amazing. |
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02-11-2009, 07:45 PM
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Male Female Were do you live? Boston, MA 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 - Technology Manager Commercial Student Executive Without retired (unemployed, at home ...) Other What e-book do you have? How long do you have e-book? 1 month 3 months 2 months 4 months More 7 months (specify) 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 - 15-20 hours (specify) Which database do you use to download your digital book? Amazon.com, Boston Public Library (overdrive), occasional public domain books or free offers from other sources 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 - 25% House - 75% Job What types of books do you read? Fiction Current events School books Practical life (kitchen, garden, health ...) - in paper Social science (philosophy, psychology, economy ...) Scientific and technical books - in paper Dictionaries, encyclopedias Other - non-fiction - bio, historical or business (specify) How would you define your e-book? Handy Yes No Practice Yes No Comfortable Yes No Useful Yes No Readable Yes No depends on the type of book Esthetic Yes No Revolutionary Yes No Economic Yes No What do you think of the electronic reading? Great for most recreational reading, I still prefer paper for certain types of books (business/technical manuals, cookbooks, magazines, newspapers) |
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