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Lots more of the same: as e-book sales jump, print readers remain firm.(News)

Publishers Weekly

| May 02, 2011 | Milliot, Jim | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The dynamics of the digital book market in early 2011 closely resemble the dynamics before the holiday buying surge, with the notable difference that many more book buyers now have some form of digital reading device. That was one of the key findings in Codex Group's "Book Publishing Digital Transition Report: 1st Quarter 2011" conducted among 9,175 book buyers in February.

Despite the jump in both the number of digital readers and book buyers with devices, the percentage of book readers who said they only read digital books remained below 1% in February, while the percentage of readers who said they will only read print books stayed at 40%. Peter Hildick-Smith, president of …

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