Questionnaire

The President's Book and Amazon's Deal

Name:
Age: < 18/ 18-30/30-40/ Above 40/ Above 60
Profession: Working/Business/Student/Homemaker
Belong to (Place/Locality):
Income: _____________________________________ per month.
Comfortable with using computers and laptops: Yes/No

1. How do you spend your free time?

a) Listening to music
b) Partying
c) Reading
d) Watching TV
e) Playing outdoor sports
f) Any other

If c) continue to Q.2

If any of the others:

A) Do you read? If Yes continue to Q.2

Yes/No

B) If No, what do you understand by e-books? Do you read them?

If No, exit this participant.

2. How do you read books?

a) Buy the physical copy
b) The E-book
c) Borrow from libraries

If a) go to Q.3
If b) go to Q.4
If a) and b), go to Q.3

If c) Inform: This questionnaire is about bookstores, e-books, e-retail market for

books. Would you like to continue?

Yes/No
If Yes, go to Q.3

3. Where do you buy books?

a) Landmark
b) Crossword
c) Starmark
d) Any bookstore in Triplicane/Parrys
e) Used books sales on roadside

4. How do you buy books online?

a) Buying regular books on e-retail websites
b) Download books from Websites
 c) Prefer Free downloads

5. Are you aware of the book written by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee?
a) Yes
b) No
c) I don't know

6. What is the name of the book?

a) Playing it my way
b) The Dramatic Decade
c) Half a Girlfriend

6. Is there any controversy about its sale?

d) Yes
e) No
f) I don't know
g) I don't care

7. What is it?

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7. Do you think bookstores are here to stay?

a) Yes
b) No
c) I don't know
d) I don't care

8. What do you think of e-retail marketing (online shopping)?

a) A good thing to happen to India
b) Not a good thing
c) I don't know
d) I don't care

9. Which e-retail website do you think is good?

a) Flipkart
b) Amazon
c) Snapdeal
d) Infibeam

10. Do you think Amazon, an international marketing website will shut down the
home grown Flipkart and Snapdeal?
a) Yes
b) No
c) I don't know
d) I don't care
11. Do you think all bookstores will close down in a few years?
a) Yes
b) No
c) I don't know
d) I don't care

12. Any thing you would like to say about the trend of online shopping in
India?

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Thank you for your time and valuable inputs!