Comments on: Who’s buying Amazon Kindles or any eReader for that matter?

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:08:42 +0000

I don’t know, I consider myself technologically savvy and don’t own an eReader. I just don’t see the value. If I want a book, I can buy it for cheap online (can’t remember the last time i paid full price for a novel). I like buying tech books, but I use those while using my computer…

By: Tessa

Tessa — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:08:43 +0000

I’m in my mid-twenties and am a new Kindle owner. A journalist friend of mine around the same age bought one last year, and that confirmed my desire to own one. Now my mother owns one. I remember a few months ago chatting with an elderly couple on a train about the Kindle. One was a retired journalist. They seemed very interested in the idea, but said they liked the romance of the newspaper — the feeling of the paper in their hands, ink getting on their fingers, the sound of pages turning…

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:27:33 +0000

For some reason, there hasn’t been much of a marketing push around e-readers. But once readers discover they can purchase books for a fraction of the cost of the printed version and have their own library at their fingertips, their popularity will grow exponentially. Everybody I’ve shown the e-reader to gets this ‘Eureka’ look in their eyes when they see how it actually works.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:47:28 +0000

I only know two other people that own a reader, but it was the highlight of my birthday when I received one. I still read paper, but the real benefit of a reader is that when you want a book, you can get it. The download is fast and the cost is minimal.

I do believe that the hype around readers is generated. Just like it was for Twitter. And like those two, I believe that they are not going away. As far as publishers talking about pushing their content off paper and onto readers — honestly– they just don’t know which way to turn and will say anything to sound progressive.

By: Stephan

Stephan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:17:41 +0000

I’m in my late twenties, ride the train and subway to NYC 3 days a week and usually spend the time reading a book or the NY Daily News. I personally do not know anyone who owns an ereader.

By: Denise

Denise — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:12:16 +0000

I ride the train to NYC once a week. There are a lot of readers on the train and subway and I’ve only seen two kindles. I also only know one person to buy one. What I do see is a lot of people checking the headlines on the iphones, laptops and blackberries.

I too would like to see the demographics to know who is really buying these things!

By: Russell

Russell — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:34:36 +0000

I know only one person with a Kindle. He is in his twenties, works in IT and is a fairly well balanced techno-geek (i.e., he doesn’t shove IT at you all the time, but once you get him started … )