will e-books replace printed books?
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Will e-Books Replace Printed Books?
Joella Miller
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e-book: an electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on electronic devices
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E-books’ sales topped paperbacks and hardcovers for the first time in 2011
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With $90.3 million in sales in February 2011, e-books were up 202% compared to the
same month a year earlier
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“Although e-books are sometimes defined as an electronic version of a printed book, many e-books exist without any printed equivalent.”
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Executives are predicting that traditional retailers will not be able to survive if they do not adapt to an e-book centric industry
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% of Children who have read an e-book:
2010: 25% 2013: 46%
… Almost double in 3 years
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“As long as he is reading that is what is important. If he prefers e-books that is fine with me. I think more kids will be reading e-books and he should be comfortable with both.” - Mother of 6 year-old boy
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How will this impact libraries?
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Public libraries have built eReading rooms that allow readers to browse within their digital library
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e-books offer features printed books cannot
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Readers have the ability to
• Increase/decrease font size
• Use a built-in dictionary
• Make notes
• Share excerpts easily on social media
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17% read the same number of e-books as printed books
However, some people are still attached to printed books
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46% of people still prefer exclusively reading printed books
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"I think print and paper has a lasting value that people appreciate. Pixels are too temporary.”
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While 16-24 year-olds are known to be technologically savvy early adopters, 62% prefer print books to e-books
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Holding a physical book and flipping pages is the top-rated reason for people preferring printed books to digital books.
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Printed books offer readers a different type of experience
e-books might be okay for novels but it won’t replace coffee table books or photo books
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In the future sales of print books will continue to decline, while sales of e-books will continue to rise…
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but e-books will never fully replace printed books…
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because e-books are not a better format replacing a lesser one, they offer a completely different experience
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