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The Plot Twist: E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far From Dead
From a New York Times article ...
" ... those double- and triple-digit growth rates plummeted as e-reading devices fell out of fashion with consumers, replaced by smartphones and tablets. Some 12 million e-readers were sold last year, a steep drop from the nearly 20 million sold in 2011, according to Forrester Research. The portion of people who read books primarily on e-readers fell to 32 percent in the first quarter of 2015, from 50 percent in 2012, a Nielsen survey showed.
Higher e-book prices may also be driving readers back to paper."
Complete article HERE
Original post: kkmalott.booklikes.com/post/1259084/well-this-is-interesting
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