Turning Page, E-Books Start to Take Hold
"For a decade, consumers mostly ignored electronic book devices, which were often hard to use and offered few popular items to read. But this year, in part because of the popularity of Amazon.com’s wireless Kindle device, the e-book has started to take hold." Click to continue.
Fiction Reading Increases for Adults
"After years of bemoaning the decline of a literary culture in the United States, the National Endowment for the Arts says in a report that it now believes a quarter-century of precipitous decline in fiction reading has reversed." (I can't wait to see how the publishing industry puts a negative spin on this story. Publishing loves nothing more than moaning about the business of making books!) Click to continue.
Check out the summary report, “Reading on the Rise: A New Chapter in American Literacy".
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