TAILIEUCHUNG - Libraries, patrons, and e-books

Some 12% of Americans ages 16 and older who read e-books say they have borrowed an e-book from a library in the past year. Most e-book borrowers say libraries are very important to them and their families and they are heavy readers in all formats, including books they bought and books lent to them. E-book borrowers say they read an average (the mean number) of 29 books in the past year, compared with 23 books for readers who do not borrow e-books from a library. Perhaps more striking, the median (midpoint) figures for books reportedly read are 20 in the past. | Pew Internet Pew Internet American Life Project a project of the PewResearchCei Iter JUNE 22 2012 Libraries patrons and e-books 12 of e-book readers have borrowed an e-book from a library. Those who use libraries are pretty heavy readers but most are not aware they can borrow e-books. Kathryn Zickuhr Research Specialist Pew Internet Project Lee Rainie Director Pew Internet Project Kristen Purcell Associate Director for Research Pew Internet Project Mary Madden Senior Research Specialist Pew Internet Project Joanna Brenner Web Coordinator Pew Internet Project Pew Research Center s Internet American Life Project 1615 L St. NW - Suite 700 Washington . 20036 Phone 202-419-4500 http 2012 06 22 libraries-patrons-and-e-books Table of Contents Summary of 12 of readers of e-books borrowed an e-book from the library in the past year. But a majority of Americans do not know that this service is provided by their local E-book borrowers appreciate the selection of e-books at their local library but they often encounter wait lists unavailable titles or incompatible file Many Americans would like to learn more about borrowing 58 of Americans have a library card and 69 say that their local library is important to them and their Library card holders are more than twice as likely to have bought their most recent book than to have borrowed it from a library. Many e-book borrowers purchase e-books Library card holders use more technology and they report that they read more Leading-edge librarians and patrons say that the advent of e-books has produced a major transformation in book searching and borrowing at Imagining the future of In brief About this Quantitative Qualitative Part 1 An introduction to the issues surrounding libraries and The strained relationship between libraries and publishers . 12 The current

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