Survey saaaaays....
What kind of ebook person are you?
I read ebooks
67 (77.9%)
I buy and read ebooks
58 (67.4%)
I write ebooks
6 (7.0%)
I write and sell ebooks
1 (1.2%)
I convert/reformat ebooks
49 (57.0%)
I don't write or read ebooks (yet?), but I'm interested in them
6 (7.0%)
Your ticky boxes cannot contain my ebookery
20 (23.3%)
Ticky box, ticky boox, e-tickery abounds
30 (34.9%)
If you read ebooks, what do you read them on?
I don't read ebooks.
2 (2.4%)
Desktop computer
26 (30.6%)
Laptop or netbook.
40 (47.1%)
E-ink dedicated reader.
56 (65.9%)
LCD screen dedicated reader
1 (1.2%)
Phone or PDA
25 (29.4%)
Tablet computer
6 (7.1%)
Something else, which you have failed to describe
3 (3.5%)
TICKY OF DOOM!
21 (24.7%)
Do you have a device/ereader preference? (Or: what do you think you'd prefer, if you don't have one yet.)
I don't read ebooks.
2 (2.3%)
I don't have a preference.
1 (1.2%)
I prefer to read on a computer
0 (0.0%)
I prefer to read on a dedicated ebook reader.
49 (57.0%)
I prefer a multifunction device (iPad, phone, etc.)
17 (19.8%)
I have different preferences in different circumstances.
16 (18.6%)
I prefer something else.
1 (1.2%)
What do you know about ebook formats?
Ebook for mats? No, ebooks for bed, chairs, couches ...
5 (5.8%)
There's a lot of them. They're a confusing mess.
32 (37.2%)
One is better than the rest, and it's my preference.
14 (16.3%)
One is better than the rest, and I prefer something else anyway.
1 (1.2%)
They all have different pros & cons; I don't think any is best.
25 (29.1%)
I know which ones work on my ereader.
61 (70.9%)
I know which ones work on most ereaders.
36 (41.9%)
My knowledge of ebook formats exceeds your ticky-talents.
8 (9.3%)
What do you know about DRM?
What does Dating Republican Men have to do with ebooks?
4 (4.7%)
It's evil.
42 (49.4%)
It's a way for authors to avoid getting ripped off.
12 (14.1%)
I know what kind works on my ereader.
25 (29.4%)
I know what kinds work on most ereaders.
14 (16.5%)
I know how to remove it from ebooks I buy.
14 (16.5%)
I could figure out how to remove it if I wanted/needed to.
43 (50.6%)
I have many thinky thoughts about DRM and can expound on them at length.
22 (25.9%)
It's a damned nuisance. I dunno about "evil," though.
42 (49.4%)
Tickety-tickety-tick tick tick.
29 (34.1%)
PDF kinda sucks.
It's actually PostScript with a funny tasting shell wrapped around it, which Adobe invented for printers and typography to get around the same problem. (allowing multiple platforms to send data to a printer and have consistent results regardless of who sent the data to the printer.)
As an E-book format, it kind of blows- Most of my technical manuals are in PDF format, and they are a pain in the butt to read on anything but a proper computer or notebook. (THis includes smartphones- I'm still reeling from looking at a PDF on my shiny new 'droid.)
Re: PDF kinda sucks.
PDF is terrific for its original purpose: print-ready across multiple platforms from any machine. The bells and whistles on top of that are sometimes useful, sometimes a distraction; I can certainly understand the people who insist that PDF is "not an ebook format."