January 18, 2010

Study says rising number of people switching to ebooks exclusively

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The Book Industry Study Group has released a survey that “examines how print book buyers access, purchase and use e-books and e-readers,” reports Jim Milliot in a Publishers Weekly story. According to the report, “Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading,” “computers remained the preferred device for reading e-books followed by the Kindle.” Respondents were drawn from “from print buyers who also said they are e-book readers,” and “nearly 20%” of them say “they’ve stopped buying print books in favor of buying e-books.”

Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House.

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