Tag Archives: e-readers in the wild

Tolino hits the coffee shops

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Cora

The Tolino e-reader, which was developed and marketed by an alliance of German bookshops, has just passed Amazon’s Kindle with regard to market share in the (still tiny) German e-book market (well, sort of) and now Tolino has landed a … Continue reading →

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Kindle spotted at Real supermarket

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Cora

Today I was grocery shopping at our local real supermarket, a K-Mart/Wal-Mart type grocery plus cheap department store here in Germany. I found myself in the magazine and book department, when – lo and behold – I spotted a brand-new … Continue reading →

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Kindle spotted at Media Markt

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Cora

First of all, I’ve got a plug, for the good folks at DriveThruFiction are currently offering the Read and Feed America 2013 charity bundle, which collects more than thirty e-books from various, including my own Countdown to Death. You get … Continue reading →

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E-readers spotted in the wild, while in the UK

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Cora

If you’ve been following my personal blog, you may have noticed that I recently spent some time in the UK. As always when travelling, I also kept an eye out for e-readers spotted both in the wild and in shops. … Continue reading →

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E-Readers in the Wild at the Mall

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Cora

On Saturday, I was with my Dad at the Roland Center, a fairly big mall here in Bremen. And since I was at the mall already, I of course hit the book stores. The foreign language section at the Thalia … Continue reading →

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E-Readers in the Wild

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Cora

I arrived safely in Newcastle. Spotted an e-reader, probably a Kindle on the plane. And in a W.H. Smith store in the centre of Newcastle, I not only paid for my purchases at an robotic check-out (an automatic self-service checkout, … Continue reading →

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