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The daily commute - books vs ebook readers vs papers
Putting this in the llounge because it is nowhere near serious or scientific enough to go in News and Commentary
In my little section of the tube this morning there were about 21 people (14 sitting, 7 standing). Before the first major exodus there were: 3 reading books 3 reading on ebook readers (all Sonys, 1x 505 (me) and 2x 300) 2 reading papers Unusually no one was playing games or watching video. I'm not sure whether to be encouraged by seeing 3 ebook readers in one place, or discouraged by the lack of people actually reading. This piece of useless information brought to you courtesy of the northbound Northern Line. |
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Maybe some were "stealth reading" on iPhone?
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I've never seen anybody reading on any electronic device... Not counting me, my husband and one of my ex-colleagues who I infected with the ebook virus...
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What were they doing instead of reading?
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Sitting staring blankly into space mostly. Although one person did appear to be trying to read over the shoulder of the person next to them.
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Woo, impresive. I'm never seen much reader in train but mine.
There are more people reading these day (on p-book) , buy also a lot with thier iPod / iPhone doing some random message typing / video watching / listening to music. |
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People read there? That would be rather unusual here, unless it was a glossy magazine about Brad and Angelina or John Edwards. Or, more seldomly, a newspaper about Tiger. I have very rarely seen ebook readers in the wild.
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i've never seen anybody with a liseuse either, so 3 in one wagon seems impressive. i do see a lot of people with paper books, or with those free newspapers (20Minutes, etc.). and i see people with telephones, but from the few times i've been close enough to verify, i'm pretty sure they're all either listening to music or playing games. |
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When I still went by train, I generally read on my way back and listened to an audiobook on the way to work. Easier to listen to a book when it's rather crowded...
But what you see the most here, is either people listening to their phone, sometimes even talking to it, and reading the free newspaper you can find at every single station... |
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