Teens prefer the printed page to ebooks

Newsflash You’d think teenagers would shun traditional print books for e-readers. But the latest survey says that’s not true… what do you think?Read site member Butterfly Rainbow’s How I fell in love with my KindleDo you prefer real books (made out of paper etc) to ebooks? The latest stats on survey of teen reading habits by Nielsen fly in the face of what we might expect from the early adopters of new technology AKA teenagers.Only 20% of teens buy ebooks, compared to 25% 20-44-year-olds and 23% of 18-29-year-olds. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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