{"id":3668,"date":"2012-01-11T17:14:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T17:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/butcherbaker.net\/wordpress\/?p=3668"},"modified":"2012-01-11T17:14:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T17:14:08","slug":"ebooks-outsell-print-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/butcherbaker\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/11\/ebooks-outsell-print-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"eBooks Outsell Print (sort of)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All those <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/01\/06\/technology\/nook-from-barnes-noble-gains-more-e-book-readers.html\" title=\"Nook, Fire tablet sales 2011\">tablets<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/phx.corporate-ir.net\/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&#038;p=irol-newsArticle&#038;ID=1642935&#038;highlight=\" title=\"Amazon reports on Kindle Sales\">eReaders<\/a> that consumers unwrapped over the holidays? Not surprisingly, they have shown up in book sales. Bob Minzesheimer at USA Today reports that, for the first time, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/books\/news\/story\/2012-01-09\/ebooks-sales-surge\/52458672\/1\" title=\"USA Today Bob Minzesheimer\">eBook versions outsold<\/a> other versions of books among the top-50 titles. Here&#8217;s the money quote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The latest list, based on sales data from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, shows a remarkable burst of digital book sales after e-readers were unwrapped as gifts \u2014 for 42 of the top 50 titles, the e-book editions were the most popular format. The previous high, in July, was 25 of the top 50.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not that the print book is going away. Though eBook sales doubled to 20% of market share during 2011, up from 10%, the other 80% is still accounted for by&#8230; print books. The big takeaway is that readers have more choices &#8212; and the ability to adapt technology to their needs. We&#8217;ve long known that tablets are great for &#8220;on the go&#8221; consumption, for example. One recent University program that used iPads as a teaching aid found at least one student who made good use of the eBook&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/what-ive-learned-from-teaching-with-ipads\/37877?sid=at&#038;utm_source=at&#038;utm_medium=en\" title=\"Prof. Hacker -- What I've Learned from Teaching with iPads\">instantaneous download<\/a> characteristics:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One student read 140 books during the semester with the Kindle app. (Yes, 140. The number left the rest of us slack-jawed.) She said, though, that if she were choosing a device for reading e-books, she\u2019d buy a Kindle. It is cheaper, is easier on the eyes and offers fewer distractions than an iPad.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Can you imagine what it would be like for that student to lug even a portion of those books in her book bag?<br \/>\nLet it be said, however, that tablets and eReaders still have a ways to go in the academic world. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/author-bio\/damon-poeter\" title=\"Damon Poeter, PC Magazine\">Damon Poete<\/a> reports on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2384791,00.asp\" title=\"UW Study eReaders as textbook replacement\">recent study<\/a> at the University of Washington that found students using eReaders want more support for note-taking, reference checking and viewing figures, all things that the current generation of eReaders do poorly.<br \/>\nThat has something to do with the way eReaders were designed. Notes study co-author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2384791,00.asp\" title=\"Charlotte Lee UW study eReaders\">Charlotte Lee<\/a>, &#8220;Most e-readers are designed for leisure reading &#8212; think romance novels on the beach.&#8221;<br \/>\nMore than that, the study&#8217;s conclusion is provocative: &#8220;[the] Kindle DX is more likely to replace &#8216;paper-based reading than their computer-based reading.'&#8221; Hmmm&#8230; There goes that trendline again&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All those tablets and eReaders that consumers unwrapped over the holidays? 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