We posed the question last month on what e-reader our readers intend to purchase for the holiday season. Over 805 people responded to the poll and some of the results were very interesting. If anything, it is a huge indication on how customers are responding to specific devices and what they intend to buy. This may be tremendously relevant if you cannot make up your mind on what to buy for the holiday season.
In first place is the latest device and the first tablet from Kobo, the Vox. It is fairly surprising that many of our readers are opting into the Kobo ecosystem by a very decisive margin. One of the advantages of this device is that you can buy books, magazines, newspapers and download apps in almost every major country in the world. Meanwhile, the Amazon Kindle Fire holds second place which is on par, price-wise with the Vox.
Kobo Vox – 39.38% (317 votes)
Amazon Kindle Fire – 14.16% (114 votes)
Other e-Reader – 12.17% (98 votes)
Sony PRS-T1 – 7.95% (64 votes)
Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet or Nook Color – 5.22% (42 votes)
iPad 1 or 2 – 5.09% (41 votes)
Amazon Kindle Touch – 4.6% (37 votes)
Barnes and Noble Nook Simple Touch – 4.47% (36 votes)
Various Pandigital e-Readers – 4.22% (34 votes)
Amazon Kindle 4th Generation – 1.99% (16 votes)
iRiver Story HD – 0.75% (6 votes)
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
