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Singapore: National Library Board Says Ebook Lending Has Nearly Quadrupled in Past Five Years

July 15, 2015 by Gary Price

From The Straits Times:

More readers are borrowing electronic books, or e-books, from libraries, with mobile devices making it easy to read while on the go.

As a result, the number of e-books borrowed has almost quadrupled in the past five years. Eleven million were borrowed last year, compared with three million in 2009, according to figures from the National Library Board (NLB).
Physical books still trumped their digital counterparts, with 34 million books borrowed last year.
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Data from the popular Overdrive collection, which contains general fiction and popular titles, showed that more than half of borrowers are between 30 and 50 years old.

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Filed under: Data Files, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Publishing

About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.

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