Readers, E-readers, and Listeners
An author in an online group I visit did an informal survey to discover reading habits, and it was interesting to me. I don't recall specific numbers, but here's the gist of it. Most people who read still read print books. The percentage was in the 90s. Many people read e-books in addition to print. I think that was 67% of her responders, and that's where I fall too. Some listen to audiobooks as well. That was twenty-something percent. I haven't joined that crowd yet, mostly because I'm a fast reader and I don't like waiting for someone to read to me. The author's respondents were about the same demographic as my readers: mostly women, mostly over 40, mostly lovers of the mystery genre. I haven't done any research, but I'd agree with those results just from talking to many, many readers over the last few years. We like print books, but some of us find them heavy or hard to manage as our hands get arthritic. It's sometimes hard to take t...