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Pew E-book Survey: 20 Percent of U.S. Is Reading Electronically

One in five Americans read an e-book last year, says a new Pew study. Malcolm Jones on the bad news for librarians.

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If you had any doubt that Nooks, Kindles, iPads, and even smartphones were radically changing the habits of American readers, give it up. So says a report, “The rise of e-reading,” published yesterday by Pew

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