Must your pick be out in eBook format?
Posted by: Rebecca Vnuk
Purely out of curiosity – do you check to see if your discussion choices are available for Kindle or other eBook readers? In my women’s group, more than half of us have devices – all Kindles. Several others read on their iPhones occasionally. I love that at the end of our discussions, when we pick the next book, people whip out their devices and instantly download the next selection. I think the first time it happened, I just started laughing!
I’ve found that if a book is not available in eBook format, there is at least one person who doesn’t get around to picking up a paper copy of the book.
How about your groups? Does having it in eBook format or not make much of a difference?
June 8th, 2011 at 2:30 pm
There are a couple members of the mystery group here at the library who would prefer that everything we read be available as an ebook. I’ve said I’ll do what I can but that I feel it puts too many constraints on our selection if that HAS to be one of the criteria.
June 9th, 2011 at 9:44 am
Yes, for 2011 I made sure all our library book group picks were available as ebooks, and that I could also purchase them for our ebook collection, as I have one book group member who always reads on her nook, and several other who occasionally read on their devices.
June 20th, 2011 at 10:30 am
I try to be conscious that the book be available in all formats – iPad, Kindle, Nook and library. I made the mistake once of picking a book that was not only available in the e-formats but hard to find as it was out of print. And then I was the only one that enjoyed it!
I have only one book club member who still reads a library book. And I find that kind of funny. Although I go across the formats. Right now, trying to save money, I’m only reading library books or books I have stacked up here at home.
But I think one of these books is gonna be library only – just to see the reaaction.