New Pew Poll Finds That E-Books Are Booming but Print Holds Its Own

Reading Habits

A new Pew study finds that readers are embracing e-books on a variety of devices but that print is holding its own.

Published Jan. 19 2014 6:45AM EST

Traditionally (strange word to use in connection with technological change but bear with me), devices that bring us entertainment displace one another. VHS kicks Beta off the island, CDs make cassette tapes obsolete, and so it goes.

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New Pew Poll Finds That E-Books Are Booming but Print Holds Its Own

A new Pew study finds that readers are embracing e-books on a variety of devices but that print is holding its own.

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