Jeff Sonderman
Apr. 9, 2012
11:54 am
Pew Internet
More than half of Americans who regularly read news get it on handheld digital devices, according to new research. The Pew Internet & American Life Project found 54 percent of news-reading adults turn to cell phones, tablets or e-readers (
question 23). There's good news for writers: "41% of tablet owners and 35% of e-reader owners
said they were reading more since the advent of e-content."
The main focus of the Pew survey was on e-books and how Americans are embracing them. A few interesting facts:
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Jeff Sonderman
Jan. 23, 2012
12:14 pm
Pew Internet
Almost a third of U.S. adults now own a tablet or an e-reader, after a huge spike from the holiday gift season. A new survey from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project found that the percentage of ownership for tablets and e-readers increased identically -- to 19 percent in January from only 10 percent in December. The number owning one or both grew to 29 percent from 18 percent in December.
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Jeff Sonderman
Jan. 5, 2012
12:52 pm
Barnes & Noble is exploring whether to spin off or sell its Nook e-book and e-reader business line, according to paidContent and others.
What would that mean? It would separate the fast-growing Nook business (up about 70 percent annually and … Read more
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Jeff Sonderman
Dec. 30, 2011
9:26 am
If you’re like me, by now you’ve read more than enough uninspired recaps of what happened in 2011 or wild guesses at what’s in store for 2012. So here’s something a little different.
I looked back at the world of … Read more
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Jeff Sonderman
Nov. 18, 2011
10:37 am
Mark 2011 as the year news organizations discovered e-books.
Sure, Time Magazine tried one back in 2010, but this year at least 10 other newspapers, magazines or news websites have published at least 17 electronic-only books seeking bigger audiences and
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Jeff Sonderman
Sep. 7, 2011
11:00 am
The Huffington Post breaks into the e-book business today with “A People’s History of the Great Recession,” based on reporter Arthur Delaney’s blogging about economic hardship.
With this, HuffPost joins a surge of news organizations that are tapping into … Read more
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Jeff Sonderman
July 18, 2011
10:15 am
As more people buy e-readers and download books through digital stores, some news organizations are finding they can capitalize on their expertise and archives of information by quickly publishing e-books related to big stories.
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Jeff Sonderman
June 28, 2011
12:31 pm
Pew Internet & American Life Project
The percentage of U.S. adults who own e-readers such as the Kindle or Nook doubled to 12 percent in May from only 6 percent in November, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The rate of growth surpassed tablet computers (such as the iPad, Xoom and Galaxy), which grew to 8 percent, up only 3 points in the same time period. Three percent of adults owned both types of devices. The survey also includes
demographic data about device owners.
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Al Tompkins
Aug. 20, 2010
1:53 pm
On Friday, something sort of big happened. McGraw-Hill launched four of its biggest selling college textbooks in e-text form for the iPad, meaning you can download the whole book or just chapters. The e-reader version comes with interactive graphics and … Read more
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Damon Kiesow
July 22, 2010
6:35 am
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