Pew Study Finds Spike in eBook Consumption
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Several nationally-representative surveys by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project show that book reading happens across an array of devices, including smartphones. A December 2011 survey found that as many people had read eBooks on computers as had read them on devices that were specifically designed for reading eBooks. Among those who have read an eBook in the past 12 months:
- 42 percent said they read their eBooks on a computer
- 41 percent consumed their eBooks on an eBook reader like original Kindles or Nooks
- 29 percent read their eBooks on a cell phone
- 23 percent consumed their eBooks on a tablet computer.
Still, those who read eBooks are not abandoning printed books. Some 88 percent of those who read an eBook in the past year also read a printed book. Overall, in the past year, 72 percent of adults read a print book, compared to the 21 percent who read an eBook, and 11 percent who listened to an audiobook.
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