Ebook Trends: The Year of Living Digitally
Trends in Ebook Adoption
A growing body of research confirms the rise of ebook reading and the displacement of print in the minds of consumers, especially in the U.S. In December 2012, the Pew Research Center found that 23% of Americans 16 and older had read an ebook in the past year—up from 16% the year before. Over the same time period, the share of those who read a print book declined from 72% to 67%. [1]
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- John Parsons
John Parsons (john@intuideas.com), former Editorial Director of The Seybold Report, is an independent writer, ghostwriter, and editor. He is the co-author of the interactive printed textbook, Introduction to Graphic Communication, on the art, science and business of print, which has been adopted by Ryerson, Arizona State, the University of Houston, and many other schools and vocational training centers. Custom editions of the book are under consideration by major printing companies and franchises for internal training purposes.