Adult readership is down 4% from 2013, with 72% of American adults having read a book in the past year according to a new Pew survey. Young adults, meanwhile, were revealed as the nation's most avid readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to a Pew survey released today, of those who have used a public library website in the past year, 50% accessed it using a mobile device, up from 39% in 2012. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The internet was meant to liberate and empower its users. But the real effect has been to create vast monopolies and turn us into victims, argues web sceptic Andrew Keen in his controversial new book The Internet is Not the AnswerDuring every minute of every day of 2014, according to Andrew... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Pew survey found that e-reading increased as well but that more adults read a print book in 2013 than in the previous year. 'Print remains the foundation of Americans’ reading habits,' the report stated. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Libraries are 'important' to their communities, say 91 percent of Americans in a Pew survey, but they need more ebooks and more programs for children. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]