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Tablet and E-reader Ownership Update | Pew Research Center

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The number of Americans ages 16 and older who own tablet computers has grown to 35%, and the share who have e-reading devices like Kindles and Nooks has grown to 24%. Overall, the number of people who have a tablet or an e-book reader among those 16 and older now stands at 43%.

Up from 25% last year, more than half of those in households earning $75,000 or more now have tablets. Up from 19% last year, 38% of those in upper-income households now have e-readers.

Tablet and E-reader Ownership Update | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

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Oyster Brings ‘Netflix for E-Books’ App to iPad, Opens to Public | Mashable

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A little more than a month after launching an iPhone app in invitation-only beta, Oyster is making its e-book subscription service available to all users and expanding to iPad.

Oyster charges $9.95 a month for access to more than 100,000 books from big and small publishers, but it now offers users one free month with the hope of getting more people to try the app experience. The startup declined to provide data on the number of users or books read during the beta period, but noted that 1 million pages were read in the first 10 days the app was available and another million pages were read in the following six days.

Read: Oyster Brings ‘Netflix for E-Books’ App to iPad, Opens to Public | Mashable.

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More gadgets, more reading: Survey suggests e-reader and tablet owners read more books |gigaom

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A new survey from USA Today and book discovery website Bookish finds that U.S. adults who own a tablet or e-reader read more books than the device-less. The survey also found differences in reading habits between adults under 40 and adults over 40.

Read: More gadgets, more reading: Survey suggests e-reader and tablet owners read more books | gigaom

See also: E-books are changing reading habits | USA Today

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E-readers ‘more effective’ for some dyslexic readers | BBC News

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Short lines of text on electronic devices may help some dyslexic readers increase their reading speed and comprehension, research suggests.

Read the full story:  E-readers ‘more effective’ for some dyslexic readers | BBC News.

Second OverDrive “Big Library Read” Project Includes School Libraries | GoodEReader

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Earlier this year, digital content distributor OverDrive partnered with publisher Sourcebooks in an experiment aimed at establishing concrete data on how readers respond in terms of book borrows and book sales to digital titles they check out from their libraries. 

Now, OverDrive is partnering with HarperCollins on a second installment of the project, this time using a children’s book and including school libraries in the experiment. In addition, the audiobook of this title will be available as well at no-cost and with multiple checkouts, just like the digital title.

Read: Second OverDrive “Big Library Read” Project Includes School Libraries  | GoodEReader.

Kobo and Free the Children Partner to Advance Literacy of Aboriginal Youth Across Canada | Kobo Cafe

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“Toronto, September 17, 2013 – Kobo, a global leader in eReading, and Free The Children, today announced a year-long partnership focused on supporting literacy among Aboriginal youth in Canada. Both organizations share a commitment to making Reading more accessible and are working together to support literacy programs in Aboriginal communities across the country. Kobo has donated 3,500 of its award-winning Kobo Touch™ eReaders as well as $100,000 to develop a program designed to cultivate a love and passion for reading. The program includes a speaking tour to educate youth about literacy in Aboriginal communities and encourage them to explore their own culture through digital reading.”

The Full Story: Kobo and Free the Children Partner to Advance Literacy of Aboriginal Youth Across Canada | Kobo Cafe.

Google Submits New Patent for Triggered Sounds in eBooks | GoodEReader

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Google…filed for a new patent that would make eBooks come alive with sounds. The sounds would be triggered by events within the book, such as lapping waves, an ominous crescendo, or maybe an outdoor market. The new application would have the sounds stored on a server and would be pushed out to the eBook users are reading at the time.

The full story: Google Submits New Patent for Triggered Sounds in eBooks | GoodEReader.

BiblioTech Digital Library Opens this Week | GoodEReader

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The BiblioTech library in Bexar County is doing something that no library in the US has ever done. Since last year, the organizers had a grand vision of an all digital library. Six hundred e-readers and over ten thousand eBooks will be available to loan out when the new library opens this week.

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New Kindle Paperwhite Has Goodreads Built into Device | GalleyCat

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Amazon has unveiled a new Kindle Paperwhite, building Goodreads interaction straight into the $119 eReader. Goodreads members can now rate books and share passages from inside the Kindle.

via New Kindle Paperwhite Has Goodreads Built into Device | GalleyCat.

E-Books Could Be The Future Of Social Media | Co.Labs

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In the future, e-books will act just like social networks. We’ll use them on our phones, share and comment right inside e-reader apps, and publishers will use our data to help them make better marketing decisions. If you think digital reading is exploding now, just wait.

The article examines a new reading app called Readmill, which makes “each and every book its own self-contained social network.” See the full story: E-Books Could Be The Future Of Social Media ⚙ Co.Labs ⚙ code + community.

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