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New study shows ereader owners read more books
The average mean for book reading in the U.S. is 7.1 hours a week, according to a new study by L.E.K. Consulting. Ereader owners, however, average nearly 2 1/2 times that. Continue reading
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Can you use Twitter to sell books?
Everyone who writes or publishes wants to know how to use Twitter as a promotional tool to drive sales, and to that end the British book reading website Lovereading–sort of the ugly UK cousin to Goodreads, only with a smaller … Continue reading
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Are readers growing more concerned about DRM? (Please?)
A highly informal survey hints that maybe DRM’s biggest enemy is the growing popularity of ebooks — the more you read, the more likely you are to be annoyed by lending and platform restrictions. Continue reading →