hello from hong kong!

carpetfish · 03-16-2008, 06:59 AM

Been lurking for a while and thought I'd join! There is so much useful information available here. Thanks to everyone who posted!

Being in Hong Kong I ordered a sony 505 reader off B&H photo and have had it for almost a month. Now I waste even more time reading than I usually do

The main reason I got it was because I don't have any shelf space left, and now that I'm looking into new books more I just end up buying the ones I can't find in paperback.

So much for that plan!

Anyway - I'm rambling - thanks for all the helpful information and I hope I can (someday) help, too!

Steven Lyle Jordan · 03-16-2008, 08:07 AM

Welcome carpetfish!

In fact, many of us on the other side of the ocean would love to hear more comments about the e-book market in Asia, which we know is significantly different than it is in the west. Your lack of shelf space, for instance, is much more of a problem there than it is in America, say. But as housing prices go up here, that may not be the case forever!

MickeyC · 03-16-2008, 09:52 AM

Hi carpetfish and welcome to the Forum. I got my 505, in part, for shelf space reasons too. But like you I now waste more time reading. Hmmm, never thought I'd say 'waste' and 'reading' in the same sentence.

spirits · 03-16-2008, 01:47 PM

Welcome Carpetfish

I actually have a question. Do you think readers with chinese function will work? I haven't seen much chinese ebooks around.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cassidym

Hmmm, never thought I'd say 'waste' and 'reading' in the same sentence.

Depends on what you're reading =D

carpetfish · 03-17-2008, 06:23 AM

Thanks for the welcomes!

cassidym and spirits: Also depends on what you're NOT reading (eg. textbooks, lecture notes, piles and piles of them) when you're reading ebooks

I have no idea! I looked into the Hanlin and other chinese readers while I was researching but it turned out that it would actually cost more to order one of those practically locally than to have a Sony shipped over from the US (why? no idea.)

My chinese is atrocious and I don't really do much Chinese reading at all (just newspapers, enough to get by) so it wasn't a concern for me.

I think the shelf space problem is definitely going to be much worse in HK, but then again I rarely see people reading for pleasure over here - too busy, too much work, too tired, etc. Might be a product of the hectic lifestyle or that people just weren't brought up to read for pleasure... (I was living in Australia at the age of 5, and that's when I learned to read and subsequently got hooked...)

03-16-2008, 06:59 AM	#1
carpetfish Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 32 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hong Kong Device: Sony PRS-505	hello from hong kong! Been lurking for a while and thought I'd join! There is so much useful information available here. Thanks to everyone who posted! Being in Hong Kong I ordered a sony 505 reader off B&H photo and have had it for almost a month. Now I waste even more time reading than I usually do The main reason I got it was because I don't have any shelf space left, and now that I'm looking into new books more I just end up buying the ones I can't find in paperback. So much for that plan! Anyway - I'm rambling - thanks for all the helpful information and I hope I can (someday) help, too!

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03-16-2008, 08:07 AM	#2
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Welcome carpetfish! In fact, many of us on the other side of the ocean would love to hear more comments about the e-book market in Asia, which we know is significantly different than it is in the west. Your lack of shelf space, for instance, is much more of a problem there than it is in America, say. But as housing prices go up here, that may not be the case forever!

03-16-2008, 09:52 AM	#3
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi carpetfish and welcome to the Forum. I got my 505, in part, for shelf space reasons too. But like you I now waste more time reading. Hmmm, never thought I'd say 'waste' and 'reading' in the same sentence.

03-17-2008, 06:23 AM	#5
carpetfish Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 32 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hong Kong Device: Sony PRS-505	Thanks for the welcomes! cassidym and spirits: Also depends on what you're NOT reading (eg. textbooks, lecture notes, piles and piles of them) when you're reading ebooks I have no idea! I looked into the Hanlin and other chinese readers while I was researching but it turned out that it would actually cost more to order one of those practically locally than to have a Sony shipped over from the US (why? no idea.) My chinese is atrocious and I don't really do much Chinese reading at all (just newspapers, enough to get by) so it wasn't a concern for me. I think the shelf space problem is definitely going to be much worse in HK, but then again I rarely see people reading for pleasure over here - too busy, too much work, too tired, etc. Might be a product of the hectic lifestyle or that people just weren't brought up to read for pleasure... (I was living in Australia at the age of 5, and that's when I learned to read and subsequently got hooked...)

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