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Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Well - This is Interesting!


The Plot Twist: E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far From Dead


From a New York Times article ...

Those double- and triple-digit growth rates plummeted as e-reading devices fell out of fashion with consumers, replaced by smartphones and tablets. Some 12 million e-readers were sold last year, a steep drop from the nearly 20 million sold in 2011, according to Forrester Research. The portion of people who read books primarily on e-readers fell to 32 percent in the first quarter of 2015, from 50 percent in 2012, a Nielsen survey showed.

Higher e-book prices may also be driving readers back to paper.

Complete article HERE

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