Now that I have discovered the Pew Libraries source, I was immediately captured by a study released April 4, 2012: "The Rise of EReading." I read the "Summary of findings," and hope to read more of the study in the coming days.
by Lee Rainie, Kathryn Zickuhr, Kristen Purcell, Mary Madden and Joanna Brenner
count: 2 pages
In short, this study reports an amazing rise in both reading devices and those who now read from them. The article is abstracted in this blurb:
21% of Americans have read an e-book. The increasing availability of e-content is prompting some to read more than in the past and to prefer buying books to borrowing them.
The overwhelming impression from the summary is one of the amazing rate of growth in digital reading.
This news is somewhat dismaying: The business models providing access to those ebooks seems huge but chaotic as vendors strategize and move to position themselves for maximal profit and survival in the current market.
Amazon may be the only "safe" platform of choice, reasonable cost, purchase, and dependable delivery, of owned content, to a stable device.
This news is somewhat dismaying: The business models providing access to those ebooks seems huge but chaotic as vendors strategize and move to position themselves for maximal profit and survival in the current market.
Amazon may be the only "safe" platform of choice, reasonable cost, purchase, and dependable delivery, of owned content, to a stable device.
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