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From a New Report by Kristen Purcell, Pew Internet & American Life Project: Overview: “The percent of U.S. adults with an e-book reader doubled from 6% to 12% between November 2010 and May 2011. Hispanic adults, adults younger than age 65, college graduates and those living in households with incomes of at least $75,000 are […]
New Report: "eBooks and eReaders in Public and Academic Libraries"
| Academic Libraries, Libraries, Public Libraries, Publishing
From a Summary: In early June of 2011, a joint Poudre River Public, Front Range Community College, and Colorado State University libraries committee released a report on the state of eBooks and eReaders. The purpose of the study was to gain a better understanding of this rapidly-developing topic, and to make recommendations aimed at serving […]
From a Nielsen Report: The Nielsen Company’s most recent research on mobile connected devices sheds new light on how consumers are using their tablets, eReaders and smartphones – and where they are using them, too. According to Nielsen’s recent survey of nearly 12,000 connected device owners: Seventy percent of tablet owners and 68 percent of […]
From the Kobo Blog: The newest update to the Kobo app [for iOS] offers great new features such as: Ability to easily share your Reading Life book cover via Twitter with followers Share your favorite quotes and passages with a few simple clicks Add notes throughout a book and share with friends Easily share awards […]
A Barnes & Noble 8-K SEC filing yesterday includes this sentence: In a meeting with investor analysts on May 4, 2011, Barnes & Noble, Inc. (the “Company”) indicated it expects to make an announcement on May 24, 2011 regarding the launch of a new eReader device. CNET says the that the new product will replace […]
New Research From DigiTimes: Demand for e-book readers remained strong in first-quarter 2011, with global shipments soaring 236% on year to 4.8 million units. Digitimes Research believes global e-book reader shipments will reach 27 million units in 2011. Among the brand-name vendors, Amazon will continue to be the market leader with an 60% share of […]
From Reuters: Canadian e-reading service provider Kobo Inc said on Tuesday it closed a C$50 million ($53 million) investment round aimed at speeding up expansion and new product development. [Clip] Kobo said last week that it plans to launch local content stores in Germany and Spain from May, followed by stores for France, Italy and […]
