The survey also showed that 84 % of audiobook listeners also
read a print book in the past year, and 56 % also read an e-book.
65 % of device owners
who read print books prefer to purchase their print books, compared with 54 % of all readers.
But most readers, be they those who
only read print books or those who read only digital or those who do both look for new books to buy from their favorite authors.
Reading on - screen is vastly different
from reading a printed book, and a new default style has arisen out of the needs of readers of all this electronic text.
Overall, in the past year, 72 % of
adults read a print book, compared to the 21 % who read an e-book, and 11 % who listened to an audiobook.
Even though I have now had surgery on both my eyes, my vision is still somewhat impaired and I no
longer read print books.
Nearly two - thirds of children will always want to
read print books even though there are ebooks available.
Further, kids tend to spend no more than just five minutes on average to read off a tablet or ereader daily, compared to about thirty minutes they
spend reading printed books.
Among those who say they read at least one book last year, the vast majority say they most
often read printed books, at 73 %.
As people get older, their vision is affected and while they may be keen readers but can not
read printed books due to this.
On average, they took 10 minutes longer to fall asleep and displayed significantly less rapid eye movement (REM) sleep than the
group reading printed books.
Unlike indie authors who signed with the publisher, they have had their fan base plus more readers
who read print books.
They consume books in all formats, including print and audio: 88 % of those who read e-books in the past 12 months
also read print books.
Remember, too, that most readers in other languages
still read print books, so I recommend both an ebook and print version.
I agree with you that although the e-books are the most read ones, since they are easily available and in abundance, the charm
of reading print books is something else.
Logue also pointed to a 2016 Pew Research Center study, which reported that 65 percent of
Americans read a print book in the previous year, more than double the rate for e-books and quadruple the rate for audiobooks.
(Sure, I could also solve the problem by
just reading a print book, but trust me, those don't take well to being dropped in water either.
Sue: I
think reading a printed book just provides a better experience than reading an ebook; the one exception is for traveling, when the Kindle is so much more convenient.
You will find that whereas a dim reading light that is adequate
for reading a printed book in a darkened environment the same light is not as effective for reading the Kindle.