More Men Read E-books
"joseph harris" <[email protected]>
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[I am particularly struck by the finding that the pressure on prices comes from the better off!]
More Men Read E-books, And Other Fun Facts From The BISG Study
Posted at 7:38AM Thursday 25 Feb 2010
Users of ebooks lean male (51 to 49), an interesting fact when compared to that of print books (58 to 42). And that that ebook users are, on average, in a higher income bracket than print book readers, a peculiar fact only insofar as users declared price to be one of the most important factors in switching to ebooks. (According to the presentation, ebooks are on average $6.25 cheaper than print books). It also turns out that about half of ebook users go exclusive and stop buying printed books altogether.
http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/25932
http://mhpbooks.com/mobylives/?p=13045
'...In a presentation on Wednesday at the OReilly Tools of Change conference, Angela Bole and Kelly Gallagher presented the results and a bit of analysis of the Book Industry Study Groups consumer survey of ebook users...'
Joseph Harris - Debt Control Man
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