Book Industry SG highlights e-book "power buyers"

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The latest Book Industry Study Group (BISG) reports  new Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading research study with items below, and more. Interesting reading for e-book authors and publishers.   

1. Income is a more important factor than discretionary time; those earning greater than $50K annually buy higher proportion of e-books.
2. Urban readers buy the most e-books although rural buyers say they benefit more from the easy access in this format.
3. Is Amazon's Kindle e-book reader still the dominant e-device or is the Barnes & Noble Nook device gaining share?
4. Retirees  buy fewer e-books than fully employed e-readers.

Learn about the "Power Buyers" of e-books in the

newest fielding of the Book Industry Study Group's (BISG's) latest Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading research study.

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Children's Book Authors - Gifts, News, Recommendations

If you are the author of a children's book, is it an e-book yet? More and more children are reading on gadgets and gizmos, though I don't see the attraction. They do, however, and it's up to us to be ready. Keep this in mind, whether you take action now or later, to offer your book or books as electronic reading.

One of my favorite books for my pre-schoolers was A Child's Garden of Verses (Robert Louis Stevenson). Now, a companion coloring book is also available.
A favorite for my choices was formatted by ages, Honey for a Child's Heart. Now, there's Exhausted Rapunzel: Tales of Modern Castle Life-my favorite for family laughs by adults and children.

Children's e-book news from TGDaily.com: 

"...Barnes & Noble has turned its attention to a group of consumers with ...a strong place in the world of literature - children.
"The #1 brick-and-mortar bookseller has launched a new version of its Nook software and online Nook store, called Nook Kids. There will soon be a special "Nook Kids" app for the iPad, iPhone, and other Nook-enabled devices. Additionally, Barnes & Noble will launch NookKids.com early next week.
 "The new kid-centric marketing approach will bring more than 12,000 children's books, aimed at the 3- to 8-year-old market, to the digital scene. Much like how children today are growing up alongside computers, it seems logical they should start using e-readers from an early age as well...." Click here to read it all.

Source of quote and cartoon: TGDaily.com-"Barnes & Noble launches 'Nook Kids' label"-Raven Lovecraft | Mon 25th Oct 2010, 06:25 am

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