A survey, which covered readership of 16 years and older, showed that over the past year the number of electronic books readers has increased from 16% to 23%, the number of readers of printed books fell from 72% to 67%. The total percentage of readers for the year decreased from 78% to 75%.
The number of respondents who own (e-book or tablet) in the past year increased from 18% to 33%. A year ago, e-books and tablets possessed the same scale - at 10% . At the end of this year, the number of holders of e-books has increased to 19% and the number of tablets users- up to 25%.
Demand for e-books has forced libraries to change their attitude to electronic copies. library become more aware of opportunities to use an electronic copy of the book.
The greatest demand for e-books is observed among students of all ages, and among readers aged 30 to 49 years. In the latter case, it is a fairly wealthy category of people with a minimum revenue of $ 75,000 per year (in the survey it was the highest possible income level).
14% of readers read more than 21 books a year . 13% read 11-20 books . 15% of Americans are reading from 6-10 books . Related Products :
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