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The ABCs of E-Reading

The real losers in the ascendancy of e-books are public libraries who are seeing the last of their business model go out the window.



The ABCs of E-Reading - Geoffrey Fowler / Marie Baca

The future of The Book:

51% of e-reader owners increased their purchases of e-books in the past year.
9% of consumers increased their purchases of hardcover books in the past year.
2.6 Average number of books read by e-reader owners in a month.
1.9 Average number of books read by print-book readers in a month.
176% Increase in U.S. electronic-book sales in 2009.
1.8% Decrease in U.S. book sales in 2009 from a year earlier.
86% of e-reader owners read on their device more than once a week.
51% of e-reader owners read on their device on a daily basis.

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