Kids Are Thriving, Reading and Hungry for More: Crunching Numbers at the Nielsen Children's Book Summit

  Kids Are Thriving, Reading and Hungry for More: Crunching Numbers at
  the Nielsen Children's Book Summit

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/65068-kids-are-thriving-reading-and-hungry-for-more-crunching-numbers-at-the-nielsen-children-s-book-summit.html

Brief(ish) report on whole conference.

~children's book sales have risen steadily across all categories
~children and teens have an overwhelming preference for print over 
digital books [71% of kids purchasing in print]
~tablet use has risen exponentially, even among young children
~categorization of books as YA can be problematic

" The data presented during the summit was gathered through multiple 
sources: Nielsen BookScan, Nielsen Books & Consumers U.S. survey, and 
Nielsen's Understanding the Children's Book Consumer in the Digital Age 
survey."