{"id":9366,"date":"2011-05-15T13:01:54","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T17:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=9366"},"modified":"2011-05-15T22:21:31","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T02:21:31","slug":"how-many-e-books-do-you-need-to-read-to-make-your-reading-device-economical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2011\/05\/15\/how-many-e-books-do-you-need-to-read-to-make-your-reading-device-economical\/","title":{"rendered":"How many e-books do you need to read to make your reading device economical?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/darkwatermuse.dyndns.org\/wordpress\/?p=128\" target=\"_blank\">Dark Water Muse<\/a> does the math for you:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In this piece DWM does not explore other possible ways that a tablet does things differently to a smart phone, net book, laptop or desktop computer. This is not a general review of tablet capabilities. It can be considered an update to DWM\u2019s eReader versus Book piece [Ed: linked to from <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2011\/05\/07\/comparing-mouldy-old-tech-with-bright-shiny-new-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a> last week] with emphasis on the cost of the use of the tablet as an eReader.<\/p>\n<p>Since DWM is focused on eReading then cost is an influential factor when considering any eReader device.<\/p>\n<p>If you trust DWM to do the math and you don\u2019t want to review DWM\u2019s work (included further below in the section entitled \u201cThe Math\u201d) then you can read the results in the <em>Table #1: comparison of relative eReading costs<\/em> below.<\/p>\n<p>If we assume the average book price is $20 and eBooks are discounted by 40% (a gracious discount from DWM\u2019s experience) then we get the following equation for N, the number of eBooks you must purchase and read on your new device to ensure you\u2019re not paying more for the content you could have read as a book:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">N = cost of device \/ $8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Table #1: comparison of relative eReading costs<\/strong>:  The following table indicates the number of books N you must read on the corresponding eReader on the market today (prices taken from the web as of May 15, 2011) in order that the cost of the device does not drive up the cost of eBooks you read.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Cost-of-ownership-for-eReaders.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Cost of ownership for eReaders\" width=\"478\" height=\"202\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Cost-of-ownership-for-eReaders.jpg 478w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Cost-of-ownership-for-eReaders-150x63.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark Water Muse does the math for you: In this piece DWM does not explore other possible ways that a tablet does things differently to a smart phone, net book, laptop or desktop computer. This is not a general review of tablet capabilities. 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