tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post2797261670204796671..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: The Age of E-Bookselena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-84938776488409978972010-10-09T23:35:16.702-04:002010-10-09T23:35:16.702-04:00It would be good to see international figures - if...It would be good to see international figures - if they exist - for e-book selling. All I can say is that while Australians tend to be very fast adapters of new technology (we became addicted to cell phones ["mobile phones" in Aussie-speak] far earlier than Americans did, and addicted to CDs far earlier than Europeans did), I see extremely little evidence that most Australians are interested in e-books. <br /><br />This could change over the next year, and it'll be a pity if it doesn't, because Australia <i>should</i> be a good fit for the whole e-book phenomenon. Our population is small (only 21mil), mostly affluent, more or less literate (not that you'd guess this from the average Australian high school student), and on a global <i>per capita</i> basis, exceptionally fond of book-buying; but it is scattered over huge geographical distances. Therefore it remains badly served by conventional literary distribution methods. <br /><br />Thus far, though, e-book devices appear hardly to have impinged on the antipodean consciousness at all. I have seen precisely two people in Australia with e-book-reading mechanisms. And one of <i>them</i> was reading, via her Kindle, Tony Blair's memoirs: which is surely a worse use of one's time than remaining totally unlettered!R Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17624645479033609279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-75290386011112414682010-10-09T16:54:43.673-04:002010-10-09T16:54:43.673-04:00That's why I like blogging.That's why I like blogging.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16366642169067984024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-43448103586585817292010-10-09T07:40:17.845-04:002010-10-09T07:40:17.845-04:00Interesting article. I've recently taken the ...Interesting article. I've recently taken the e-book plunge myself, partly because I could no longer contain my curiosity over everything I'd read about e-book publishing. I wanted to see what it was like. Very pleased you've found the experience to be worthwhile. Best wishes for your continued success.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.com