I will soon be having a break from Blogging as I am scheduled to undergo surgery in the near future, so early November is shaping as a lean period for my various Blogs. However, it is quite possible that there will be a large number of posts once I am able to sit comfortably in front of my computer again. I expect there will be no posts for possibly the first week of November. Up until November there will be short periods of no posts, with the various preparations required previous to surgery.
A new survey from USA Today and book discovery website Bookish finds that U.S. adults who own a tablet or e-reader read more books than the device-less. The survey also found differences in reading habits between adults under 40 and adults over 40.
The survey polled 1,000 adults nationwide and an additional 819 adults who own an e-reader or tablet. Overall, it found that 40 percent of adults — and 46 percent of those between 18 and 39 — owned a tablet or e-reader, “doubling the numbers from less than two years ago.”
Thirty-five percent of those who owned a device said they read more since getting it. Of the device owners, those ages 18-39 had read an average of 21 books in the past year, while respondents ages 40 and over had read an average of 16 books in the past year.
Those who didn’t own a device read…
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The link below is to an article that reports on the latest update to the free audiobook website LibriVox.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/free-public-domain-audiobook-site-gets-update_b78477
The link below is to an article that reports on Apple’s appeal against the sentence handed down in the ebooks price fixing lawsuit.
For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/apple-appeals-ebook-collusion-charges_b41203
The link below is to a book review of ‘Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields,’ by Wendy Lower.
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/05/hitlers-furies-wendy-lower-review
The link below is to a book review of ‘The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas,’ by David Almond.
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2013/oct/05/review-boy-swam-with-piranhas-david-almond
The link below is to an article that looks at ebook subscription services and in particular Oyster and Scribd.
For more visit:
http://www.futurebook.net/content/playing-oyster-card
The link below is to a book review of ‘Gulliver’s Travels,’ by Jonathan Swift.
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/poll/2013/oct/07/100-novels-swift-gullivers-travels-mccrum
The link below is to a book review of ‘Solo: A James Bond Novel,’ by William Boyd.
For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/07/solo-william-boyd-james-bond
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