Nearly a Third of Americans Now Own an E-Reader or Tablet

[Lyokanthrope]

Since I've gotten my Kindle Touch during Christmas I've read 3 books this year so far..The Science of Discworld I, Pratchett's The Fifth Elephant, Roadside Picnic (again) and now reading Metro 2033.
I read like 10 books last year, all Discworld books I believe, and all paperbacks.

[Contag]

I love my kindle, read heaps of books.

[Snake7]

No matter how popular these things get, I think I'd still prefer regular books.

[Symmetry]

[QUOTE=notlabbet;34359149]we are the 66%

keep bookstores alive[/QUOTE]

I used to work at a public library and there's hardly been a decrease in library patronage - in fact there's actually been a substantial increase over the past few years as people have been sort of rediscovering just how useful the library is.

I can't speak for the rest of the world, but I don't think that print is suffering too badly because of this.

[QUOTE=Lazor;34364713]buying an e-reader doesn't preclude you from buying physical books just as many people still buy vinyl and have ipods[/QUOTE]

yeah this.

[SPESSMEHREN]

I wonder if that HP Touchpad firesale had anything to do with it... that's the only reason I bought myself a tablet. v:v:v

[kaine123]

-Insert unfair Americans are illiterate assumption here-

[Jetblack357]

[QUOTE=The golden;34359401]Of the people who I know that own iPads (or any other tablet, really) they don't use it for anything other than those little app games or other gimmicks and bragging rights. There is a reason why any serious businessman or someone who needs a reliable portable computer uses a netbook or notebook laptop. For the same price as some of these tablets you can get a meaty netbook which is infinitively more usable during real-world activities.

The tablets which can unfold and turn into laptop with keyboard are amazing devices. I can see the use of those. But a touchscreen only tablet? No thanks.[/QUOTE]

One thing thats fucking fun with tablets though. Emulators, so much fucking fun to play metroid and shit.

[escher]

"Americans? Reading?"-jokes aside, its good to see that the printed media isn't dying as rapidly as it seems.

[Deunan]

Heh, reminds me when I used to read books on my 128 x 160 pixels screen big w200i

[Smartlord]

[QUOTE=Jetblack357;34366153]One thing thats fucking fun with tablets though. Emulators, so much fucking fun to play metroid and shit.[/QUOTE]

I have Atari's official emulator on my Kindle Fire, the games are cheap as hell ($0.99 for like 4 games) and it has all the classics, from the Atari consoles to the arcade games

[ShaunOfTheLive]

[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;34366561]I have Atari's official emulator on my Kindle Fire, the games are cheap as hell ($0.99 for like 4 games) and it has all the classics, from the Atari consoles to the arcade games[/QUOTE]

does it have centipede, because centipede is awesome