Study: E-Books settle in. (Publishers Weekly, 10/31/2013)
Excerpt: The research also provided more evidence of a hybrid print-e-book market with over 30% of August respondents reporting they purchase e-books and print books interchangeably—the same percentage as in September 2010. Just over 40% of e-book buyers said they purchase mostly e-book and fewer print books, a percentage that peaked at just fewer than 50% in February 2013.
From the comments section: It is important to see BISG's survey data converging with the results of our own surveys at Verso Advertising. From our earliest survey, conducted in 2009, to our last conducted in 2012, the data consistently pointed to the emergnece of a hybrid print-ebook market, with ebook pentration hitting a plateau at 25-30% of the trade market in unit terms. The reasons are threefold:
1. A majorty of bookbuyers continue to be resistant to screen reading for books. This resistance particularly is pronounced among avid readers (ten or more books purchased per year). In fact, by the time of our last survey, the resistance had actually intensified to over 50% of bookbuyers.
2. Even among bookbuyers who owned ereaders, split-purchasing behavior is the norm, with most ereader-owners planning to buy an equal number of print and ebooks going forward.
3.The accelerating shift to tablets versus ereaders creates additional drag on ebook adoption, given the pull of multifunction tablets to other media (e.g. streamed video, music, games, email, etc.) and away from books.
Other ebook/reading-related posts:
Book Industry Study Group: "Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading" (Volume 4, 2013). (11/1/2013)
Word of the day: accretive. (10/21/2013)
Survey sez: 72% of U.S. adults have read at least 1 book during the past 12 months. (10/8/2013)
For years, many people asked the wrong question about ebooks and print books. (10/6/2013)
Ebook Flash Sales Grab Consumers' Attention. (5/27/2013)
BookStats 2013: It's not all about ebooks. (5/15/2013)
Staying ahead of the learning curve. (4/9/2013)
"Books are dead yet," sez Salon. (3/21/2013)
Ebooks and the hype of emerging technology. (1/8/2013)
Based on this column graph, print books are not likely to go away anytime soon. (1/2/2013)
Printed books still lead ebooks by a significant margin. (12/28/2012)
Ebook market pauses to take a breath. (12/25/2012)
Year-to-date book revenues: Jan-Jul 2011 and Jan-Jul 2012. (11/1/2012)
Libraries get screwed when it comes to price of and access to ebooks. (9/10/2012)
Millennials lead the way....to fewer bookstores? (8/22/2012)
Ebooks sliding down the peak of inflated expectations. (8/18/2012)
Adult hardcover book sales hold their own, paperbacks sales drop in 1st quarter of 2012. (6/17/2012)
Library ebook circulation skyrockets @ the Greendale Public Library and throughout Wisconsin. (5/29/2012)
In so many words: Libraries will have a place at the table. (4/30/2012)
3M Cloud Library ebook lending service goes beta at select libraries. (4/28/2012)
Pew Research: The rise of e-reading, summarized. (4/5/2012)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution attempts to get a handle on the ebook era. (4/2/2012)
And I quote from "Bringing Up an E-Reader". (3/29/2012)
The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board weighs in on ebooks and libraries. (3/19/2012)
Carl Zimmer responds to Franzen. (1/31/2012)
It's only Monday but this is still the best ebook headline of the week. (1/20/2012)
Jonathan Franzen has something to say about ebooks. (1/30/2012)
As they have been doing all along, libraries adapt to technology. (1/29/2012)
Floating an Idea: The Harvard Library Innovation Laboratory's Library License. (1/17/2012)
Getting in line @ your library for ebooks. (1/15/2012)
The Post-Christmas ebook sales surge. (1/10/2012)
Honey, we've been 'trying' it. For years. (12/25/2011)
Chris Bohjalian on our totemic connection to books. (12/20/2011)
Hold that bricks-and-mortar bookstore obituary. (12/13/2011)
Your local public library: The greenest option of all in the ebooks vs. print books debate. (12/11/2011)
Go directly to Amazon, do not pass library. (11/3/2011)
Ebooks in U.S. public libraries. (10/22/2011)
How ebook buyers discover books. (9/27/2011)
Cookbooks make the transition to digital publishing. (9/27/2011)
Redefining what an ebook is and who gets to publish it. (9/19/2011)
The L.A.Times on ebooks: An Amazon tablet, push into interactivity. (9/16/2011)
The Economist: "Great digital expectations". (9/16/2011)
Lev Grossman presents a short history of the reading device.. (9/6/2011)
Speaking of gadgets, here's the latest iteration of ebooks. (8/25/2011)
Sounds like another digital divide in the making. (7/30/2011)
Libraries and ebooks: Any book, not any time soon. (6/1/2011)
On the distinction between the book reader and the book owner. (5/10/2011)
Demand for ebooks grows exponentially in Wisconsin. (5/2/2011)
Struggling to find an ebook common agenda between libraries and publishers. (4/5/2011)
Ebooks and libraries: "The challenges just keep piling up". (3/28/2011)
Publishers Weekly tracks ebook sales. (3/18/2011)
Word is getting out: Ebooks @ your library. (3/18/2011)
Ebooks continue to gain market share. (3/17/2011)
Publishers look to bottom line in formulating ebook policies for libraries. (3/15/2011)
News stories on HarperCollins ebook decision go mainstream. (3/5/2011)
9 years of book sales: trade and ebook. (2/17/2011)
Will ebook readers be wooed by Barbara Cartland? (2/12/2011)
The impact of ebooks on libraries. (2/11/2011)
OverDrive news release: Library eBook circs up 200% in '10. (1/10/2011)
Mashable: 5 ebook trends that will change the future of publishing. (12/29/2010)
Christmas 2010 the tipping point for ebooks? (12/24/2010)
Ereader as brown paper bag. (12/9/2010)
The ebook reader compatibility surprise. (12/3/2010)
Ereader ownership: Survey says.... (11/30/2010)
David Carnoy asks, "Does the Kindle pay for itself?" (11/29/2010)
Need to repair that ebook reader? (11/19/2010)
Who uses an ereader: Survey says.... (9/22/2010)
Book industry wrestles with print vs. pixels. (9/2/2010)
Coming soon to a screen near you: Ads in ebooks. (8/20/2010)
Ebooks now comprise 8.5% of book sales. (8/12/2010)
Genre paperback publishers drops print. (8/6/2010)
Ebooks and libraries. (5/4/2010)
Ebooks eliminate a free form of adversiting: the book jacket. (3/31/2010)
Ebooks: another round of false promises? (3/19/2010)
The skinny on ebooks. (3/8/2010)
Hardcover vs. ebook: Breaking down the costs. (3/1/2010)
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