tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post7665334485941289095..comments2015-05-29T03:59:27.977-04:00Comments on Nathan Bransford, Author: Will You Ever Buy Mostly E-Books? The Results!Nathan Bransfordnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-32376810129539176172014-04-10T00:57:41.406-04:002014-04-10T00:57:41.406-04:00I love my paperback books. I own a Kobo and ipad a...I love my paperback books. I own a Kobo and ipad and I rarely use them for e-reading (mainly if im traveling somewhere) i think i&#39;d use my e-reader more if I would get a free digital copy of the paperbook I had purchased (kind of like with certain DVD releases they give you a free digital copy) I&#39;m 27 years old and as long as I can get paperbacks I will (i love the feeling of reading that real book and I stare at screens all day so my eyes need a rest!) 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Ultimately allowing each other to transcend into a deeper state of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-5897546777776863452012-12-29T18:59:55.180-05:002012-12-29T18:59:55.180-05:00Very interesting survey. I have switched entirely ...Very interesting survey. I have switched entirely to audiobooks, which get mentioned so rarely in these conversations. I love them and listen to them as often as is possible...in the car, while falling asleep (timer on), on airplanes, on the beach, while walking and while exercising. I have read so many more books per year that I now feel like I can be a writer...as the best say - you have to read, read, read. <br /><br />I haven&#39;t found anyone as into audiobooks as me. I always seem like the outlier. And in trying to decide how to publish my novel, I wonder about the audiobook side of things. I imagine the cost to be high, but a publisher might take care of that. I&#39;m still now leaning to self-publ thanks to this and other blogs. <br /><br />As to the eBook scenario, I think paper books will become like recorded media. Gone. We will be so digitally inclined with streaming and with so very improved ease of purchase, trial and use that paper will be left on trees. Books are archaic, I hate to admit. They have been around for centuries. What else has lasted that long. <br /><br />I love paper books and agree that I want to hold my novel in my hand, but I don&#39;t see it in the future. Looking at screens, while I agree can get to be too much, will be the way we do everything. As much as we may love paper, it won&#39;t make sense economically and won&#39;t fit with the times. My kids still read paper books, which gives some hope. They haven&#39;t adopted eBooks, but they are so quick to grab a textbook online that I can&#39;t see paper lasting for them either. And the younger ones may not even see paper textbooks. Sorry for the long rant, but it was fun to form an opinion here while writing. Dave Wilkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380724524877765333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-90670288161706243162012-12-12T14:31:14.726-05:002012-12-12T14:31:14.726-05:00Whoever said people over a certain age will never ...Whoever said people over a certain age will never move to E-books doesn&#39;t know many older, avid readers with eyesight problems. My otherwise Luddite 80-something relatives read e-books because enlarging the text is so easy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-1456503201447199252012-12-04T21:37:18.342-05:002012-12-04T21:37:18.342-05:00I think most of us who want e-readers or are curio...I think most of us who want e-readers or are curious enough about them to buy one already have, now that they have become inexpensive enough for most of us, and those who are unsure can by e-readers that are also relatively inexpensive tablets. One of the things that kept me from experimenting a few years ago was that I could buy twenty books for the cost of the device. Then I got an iPad through work and tried ebooks, and that convinced me to get a reader that was easier to hold for long periods or in bed. I&#39;m sure my story is far from unique--tablets are the gateway drug that leads to e-readers.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07450784902644202694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-24385918269319836912012-12-03T04:36:12.883-05:002012-12-03T04:36:12.883-05:00Your current statistics make it appear that people...Your current statistics make it appear that people won&#39;t hold to old fashioned book reading, with me as the exception. <br /><br />When I first read this I got the idea that a majority status for &quot;pry paper books out of their cold dead hands,&quot; is a reading style made me feel normal.<br /><br />Sheila CullSheila Cullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09821003840021368941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-25972459759546607922012-11-29T22:20:19.694-05:002012-11-29T22:20:19.694-05:00I&#39;ve been following you since before 2007, and...I&#39;ve been following you since before 2007, and I love that you do this every year. It&#39;s been fascinating to watch. I can&#39;t give scientific evidence, but within my own experience, I&#39;d say this is right on. There&#39;s been a dramatic rise in people I know gradually embracing ebooks, but in the past year it seems it&#39;s evened out. Those who were going to switch have. Those who haven&#39;t... probably won&#39;t.Heidi Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420802651029097379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-16086019336259717342012-11-29T20:41:47.844-05:002012-11-29T20:41:47.844-05:00That the breakdown of folks reading this blog has ...That the breakdown of folks reading this blog has stayed this year from last? :-)T. M. Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04315726033990784930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-45550540354006510472012-11-29T20:15:15.910-05:002012-11-29T20:15:15.910-05:00I love the way roses smell, the way certain foods ...I love the way roses smell, the way certain foods smell, and the way it smells after a thunderstorm. I love the way old furniture smells like wax, and I still remember the way everything smelled so good when it came from my grandmother&#39;s pocketbook. <br /><br />But for the life of me I&#39;ll never get this love for the smell of musty old books as an excuse to not read digital books. Someone should come up with a candle or a spray. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-20214369638246037022012-11-29T20:11:40.431-05:002012-11-29T20:11:40.431-05:00&quot;The REAL change will take place when STUDENT...&quot;The REAL change will take place when STUDENTS start reading ebooks at school.&quot;<br /><br />I couldn&#39;t agree with you more. This was the penultimate dream of Steve Jobs. He portended this years ago and no one paid attention to him, especially no one in publishing. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-50199866034330496952012-11-29T13:59:05.711-05:002012-11-29T13:59:05.711-05:00I&#39;ve tried saying this in other fora but not s...I&#39;ve tried saying this in other fora but not sure if I&#39;m getting through:<br /><br />The REAL change will take place when STUDENTS start reading ebooks at school.<br /><br />Virtually every assigned textbook and novel-for-class in my school of 2000 students is paper. Until the SCHOOL revolution occurs (and I work at a school that is 55% non-white, 40% free-and-reduced lunch, one step out of the inner city), the numbers will probably stay flat. The first company that can REALLY get an ebook into the hands of middle and high school students (and I mean REALLY make it affordable to the lower middle class and poor) will be the first to change how the US reads...GuyStewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268114053763665577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-38690033841129570462012-11-29T11:37:38.868-05:002012-11-29T11:37:38.868-05:00It&#39;s really hard to get concrete stats with th...It&#39;s really hard to get concrete stats with things like this.<br /><br />I just read an interesting article where Bowker, who are supposed to be accurate, lied and mislead people into believing bogus stats for the number of indie books self-published last year. The Digital Reader discovered this and with a 5 minute google search found out that there were hundreds of thousands of self-published books not accounted for in the Bowker numbers. Very interesting to see how these things can be skewed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-53381216376623255552012-11-29T09:23:29.874-05:002012-11-29T09:23:29.874-05:00It looks like the ebook phenomenon is settling and...It looks like the ebook phenomenon is settling and finding it&#39;s place. The growth seems to be slowing down and holding steady. While I think ebooks have definitely changed the market I don&#39;t think print books are going anywhere anytime soon. There&#39;s still a large demand for both and I think it&#39;s to publishing&#39;s benefit to have options for people.Jamie Krakoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16808802721340647047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-43579447949705830642012-11-29T08:40:45.900-05:002012-11-29T08:40:45.900-05:00There is one important dimension to this equation ...There is one important dimension to this equation that no one has mentioned yet. In 2007, a Kindle was around $300 retail. That’s the equivalent of buying over a hundred used paperbacks at a thrift store. Back then, I said, “Hell no!”<br />Last year, I bought a Kindle for $79. Now, I love it.John Stantonhttp://www.johnstantonbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-57319197892063067512012-11-29T06:41:34.055-05:002012-11-29T06:41:34.055-05:00I voted maybe. A nook is in my future- I am totall...I voted maybe. A nook is in my future- I am totally smitten. But the paper books in my families life are here to stay. We all sleep better at night after reading an actual paper book. I will still buy my most loved books in paper, and will probably own them on e-book too. My kids are no different- they have a nook but they wouldn&#39;t give up their paper books- as my eight year old says- I can&#39;t sleep with my nook- but he does sleep with his favorite books.Moyridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09109060979165835871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-81162527404845484612012-11-29T02:03:00.139-05:002012-11-29T02:03:00.139-05:00I&#39;ve certainly changed my personal habits. La...I&#39;ve certainly changed my personal habits. Last year, every single book I bought was on my kindle. Many times though, particularly with non-fiction, I wished I bought the real book. This year it&#39;s about 50/50 between ebooks and the old fashioned paper ones. And the ebooks I have bought were because I couldn&#39;t find them in the book store.treeoflifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-46719097840283921932012-11-28T21:43:42.162-05:002012-11-28T21:43:42.162-05:00I love my Kindle and must admit that since I&#39;v...I love my Kindle and must admit that since I&#39;ve had it, I&#39;ve seen a decrease in additions to my physical book collection (funny how we now have to distinguish the difference). However, there is just something about having the real thing in hand. Not only the book itself, but the entire bookstore experience, spending the time to browse the shelves looking for the next great (hopefully) read. I just don&#39;t get that warm fuzzy feeling when clicking through a list of books on Amazon.com. I know, sounds strange, I&#39;ve learned not to mention this point to most people as I get a strange sideways look when I&#39;m explaining my love for real books, lol!<br />Whether one is easier to read, or takes up less space than the other is seemingly irrevelant to me. If I had to choose one over the other, I would choose a physical book over an e-book. Absolutely no scientific thought went into this...Crystalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-22138019148157601452012-11-28T18:58:18.508-05:002012-11-28T18:58:18.508-05:00Peter Dudley makes an interesting point, but the A...Peter Dudley makes an interesting point, but the Amish still travel by horse. And there are city-dwellers who prefer walking to cars. There will always be a percentage of people, albeit a small percentage, who find that new technology adds nothing to their lives and so they don&#39;t embrace it. <br /><br />But I&#39;m not sure if the difference between paper and e-readers is as vast as the difference between cars and horses, so it&#39;s hard to say how big the percentage of paper-lovers will remain. Reading is similar across both formats; only the purchasing and storage aspects are different. Purchasing online can be done for both kinds of books, and there is an added social pleasure in brick-and-mortar shopping that might (or might not) help the physical bookstore survive.<br /><br />When I first took this poll, I hadn&#39;t yet tried e-reading. Now that I have, I can say that I much prefer paper books, so I&#39;ve switched from the &quot;wait and see&quot; to the &quot;paper&quot; camp. I don&#39;t think I&#39;m typical, but I see that I have more company than I would have expected.<br /><br />I predict that e-books will become the norm, and paper books as rare as the horse-drawn carriage, if and when two things happen: traditional publishing abandons paper books (so that even readers who love them will have trouble finding them), and kids are given e-readers before, or instead of, paper (so that e-books become their norm from infancy).<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-51931662043131782252012-11-28T18:37:47.764-05:002012-11-28T18:37:47.764-05:00For me, at least, it depends on what type of book....For me, at least, it depends on what type of book. Pure, for fun, fiction I am likely to get an ebook. <br /><br />If it is a book I would use for research or reference (even travel guides, cook books and dictionaries) I want a paper copy. The difficulty with ebooks remains finding your place again. How do I find my way back to that perfect piece of data or quote? I may be old fashioned but none of the electronic &#39;sticky notes&#39; has yet to reach the ease of use of a Post It.Donanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-35610564299141718792012-11-28T18:00:25.517-05:002012-11-28T18:00:25.517-05:00I love my Kindle. I read a few books a week on it....I love my Kindle. I read a few books a week on it. One of the benefits is that it is easy to see even if you&#39;re tired. I find some of the paperbacks are too hard to see. Still love the feel of a real book, but now I only buy those that I want in my library.bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07858155780092106956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-78548780222820867962012-11-28T17:24:00.267-05:002012-11-28T17:24:00.267-05:00Being entirely electronic is too Big Brother/ dyst...Being entirely electronic is too Big Brother/ dystopian for my tastes. I&#39;ll keep my untraceable, unfiltered paper books, thanks. Nothing will ever change that. Even if get an e-reader,I will keep buying paper books. Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02739830983426330836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-7750293842397395852012-11-28T17:15:12.282-05:002012-11-28T17:15:12.282-05:00Yeah what peter saidYeah what peter saidTaylor Napolskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11642731675608944651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-12236127374567530602012-11-28T17:11:51.135-05:002012-11-28T17:11:51.135-05:00Uh, HECK TO THE YES it&#39;s an outlier. Sure, mor...Uh, HECK TO THE YES it&#39;s an outlier. Sure, more people are buying ebooks, b/c their more convenient, but you&#39;re polling people on a BLOG. ON THE COMPUTER! :D Not that it makes it irrelevent, but it skews things.<br /><br />For example, yesterday I was out and about (not glued to the screen like I am today ;)) reading real books and meeting with real people, thus I didn&#39;t see the poll and didn&#39;t have time to take it. <br /><br />For the record, I read ebooks/real books about 50/50 and still enjoy real books better (and am by no means old and grey).<br /><br />Not belittling the people who took the poll! (I took it last year and love this annual tradition). Just pointing out that in an age where society is super busy and around the holidays when everyone&#39;s schedule is crammed, you can&#39;t exactly plan on getting a perfect reading (no pun intended so sorry GOSH that&#39;s like the worst pun ever :D).<br /><br />Thanks for this poll, though! Really insightful.Stoich91noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-63357741912816202072012-11-28T16:45:14.447-05:002012-11-28T16:45:14.447-05:00I think it&#39;s a natural move toward equilibrium...I think it&#39;s a natural move toward equilibrium. The slope of the curve will decrease as the technology becomes more widespread, until ultimately the question will no longer make any sense.<br /><br />For example, asking this question today would be absurd: &quot;Will you ever get around mostly by car, or will you always travel on horseback?&quot;<br /><br />I imagine that, as viewed through backwards binoculars, the curves mapping answers to the above question would look pretty similar to these numbers: A steep decline/ascent followed by a leveling off with a long tail that ultimately approaches something close to zero for the old technology.<br /><br />PS to Josin: Interesting question on timing. I wonder if that would affect <i>this</i> population as much as the population at large.Peter Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05028687955957107957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-90097973473585150722012-11-28T16:13:48.568-05:002012-11-28T16:13:48.568-05:00I really like both, for different reasons. I&#39;l...I really like both, for different reasons. I&#39;ll never stop buying paper books, but if it&#39;s a novel, I almost always buy ebooks. Words are words. Melanie Schulzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622191037152999869noreply@blogger.com
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