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The Resource The rise of e-reading, Lee Rainie [and others], (electronic resource)

The rise of e-reading, Lee Rainie [and others], (electronic resource)

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Summary
  • One-fifth of American adults (21%) report that they have read an e-book in the past year, and this number increased following a gift-giving season that saw a spike in the ownership of both tablet computers and e-book reading devices such as the original Kindles and Nooks. In mid-December 2011, 17% of American adults had reported they read an e-book in the previous year; by February, 2012, the share increased to 21%. The rise of e-books in American culture is part of a larger story about a shift from printed to digital material. Using a broader definition of e-content in a survey ending in December 2011, some 43% of Americans age 16 and older say they have either read an e-book in the past year or have read other long-form content such as magazines, journals, and news articles in digital format on an e-book reader, tablet computer, regular computer, or cell phone. Those who have taken the plunge into reading e-books stand out in almost every way from other kinds of readers. Foremost, they are relatively avid readers of books in all formats: 88% of those who read e-books in the past 12 months also read printed books. Compared with other book readers, they read more books. They read more frequently for a host of reasons: for pleasure, for research, for current events, and for work or school. They are also more likely than others to have bought their most recent book, rather than borrowed it, and they are more likely than others to say they prefer to purchase books in general, often starting their search online. The growing popularity of e-books and the adoption of specialized e-book reading devices are documented in a series of new nationally representative surveys by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project that look at the public's general reading habits, their consumption of print books, e-books and audiobooks, and their attitudes about the changing ways that books are made available to the public. Most of the findings in this report come from a survey of 2,986 Americans ages 16 and older, conducted on November 16-December 21, 2011, that extensively focused on the new terrain of e-reading and people's habits and preferences. Other surveys were conducted between January 5-8 and January 12-15, 2012 to see the extent to which adoption of e-book reading devices (both tablets and e-readers) might have grown during the holiday gift-giving season and those growth figures are reported here. Finally, between January 20-February 19, 2012, we re-asked the questions about the incidence of book reading in the previous 12 months in order to see if there had been changes because the number of device owners had risen so sharply. All data cited in this report are from the November/December survey unless we specifically cite the subsequent surveys. This work was underwritten by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.--Publisher description
  • "21% of Americans have read an e-book. The increasing availability of e-content is prompting some to read more than in the past and to prefer buying books to borrowing them."
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (68 pages)
Note
"April 5, 2012."
Contents
  • Summary of findings
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part 1: Introduction
  • Part 2: The general reading habits of Americans
  • Part 3: Americans and their e-readers and tablets
  • Part 4: The state of e-book reading
  • Part 5: Where and how readers get their books
  • Part 6: The differences among e-book reading device owners
  • Methodology
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Label
The rise of e-reading
Title
The rise of e-reading
Statement of responsibility
Lee Rainie [and others]
Title variation
Rise of ereading
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • One-fifth of American adults (21%) report that they have read an e-book in the past year, and this number increased following a gift-giving season that saw a spike in the ownership of both tablet computers and e-book reading devices such as the original Kindles and Nooks. In mid-December 2011, 17% of American adults had reported they read an e-book in the previous year; by February, 2012, the share increased to 21%. The rise of e-books in American culture is part of a larger story about a shift from printed to digital material. Using a broader definition of e-content in a survey ending in December 2011, some 43% of Americans age 16 and older say they have either read an e-book in the past year or have read other long-form content such as magazines, journals, and news articles in digital format on an e-book reader, tablet computer, regular computer, or cell phone. Those who have taken the plunge into reading e-books stand out in almost every way from other kinds of readers. Foremost, they are relatively avid readers of books in all formats: 88% of those who read e-books in the past 12 months also read printed books. Compared with other book readers, they read more books. They read more frequently for a host of reasons: for pleasure, for research, for current events, and for work or school. They are also more likely than others to have bought their most recent book, rather than borrowed it, and they are more likely than others to say they prefer to purchase books in general, often starting their search online. The growing popularity of e-books and the adoption of specialized e-book reading devices are documented in a series of new nationally representative surveys by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project that look at the public's general reading habits, their consumption of print books, e-books and audiobooks, and their attitudes about the changing ways that books are made available to the public. Most of the findings in this report come from a survey of 2,986 Americans ages 16 and older, conducted on November 16-December 21, 2011, that extensively focused on the new terrain of e-reading and people's habits and preferences. Other surveys were conducted between January 5-8 and January 12-15, 2012 to see the extent to which adoption of e-book reading devices (both tablets and e-readers) might have grown during the holiday gift-giving season and those growth figures are reported here. Finally, between January 20-February 19, 2012, we re-asked the questions about the incidence of book reading in the previous 12 months in order to see if there had been changes because the number of device owners had risen so sharply. All data cited in this report are from the November/December survey unless we specifically cite the subsequent surveys. This work was underwritten by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.--Publisher description
  • "21% of Americans have read an e-book. The increasing availability of e-content is prompting some to read more than in the past and to prefer buying books to borrowing them."
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DOS
Index
no index present
LC call number
Z1003.2
LC item number
.R57 2012eb online
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Rainie, Harrison
  • Pew Internet & American Life Project
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Books and reading
  • Books and reading
  • Electronic book readers
  • Electronic books
  • Electronic books
  • Reading interests
  • Tablet computers
  • Electronic books
  • Libraries
Label
The rise of e-reading, Lee Rainie [and others], (electronic resource)
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Publication
Note
"April 5, 2012."
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Summary of findings -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Introduction -- Part 2: The general reading habits of Americans -- Part 3: Americans and their e-readers and tablets -- Part 4: The state of e-book reading -- Part 5: Where and how readers get their books -- Part 6: The differences among e-book reading device owners -- Methodology
Control code
783811868
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (68 pages)
Form of item
online
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)783811868
Label
The rise of e-reading, Lee Rainie [and others], (electronic resource)
Publication
Note
"April 5, 2012."
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Summary of findings -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Introduction -- Part 2: The general reading habits of Americans -- Part 3: Americans and their e-readers and tablets -- Part 4: The state of e-book reading -- Part 5: Where and how readers get their books -- Part 6: The differences among e-book reading device owners -- Methodology
Control code
783811868
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (68 pages)
Form of item
online
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)783811868

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