People Still Prefer Holding Dusty Old Books

E-books aren't going to replace printed books anytime soon! That's according to Harris Interactive who carried out a poll among Internet users in the United States. 46 percent of them stated they only read e-books while 16 percent more said they read more print books than e-books. That's somewhat surprising given the emergence of e-readers and tablets. For the moment at least, people still prefer holding dusty old books rather than shiny new e-readers.

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This chart shows the percentage of U.S. Internet users reading hard copy and electronic books.

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Preferred book formats among adults in the United States as of April 2020
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Share of adults who have read a book in any format in the last 12 months in the United States as of February 2019, by format
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Most read book formats in the last year among book readers in the United States as of December 2022
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