Very interesting

[ellid]

Sales of children's and YA books have gone up since the introduction of e-readers.

Thoughts? Comments? I'm curious, since the people I've spoken to are all over the place about whether e-readers will lead to the death of the book, contribute to the decline of literacy, or destroy the ability of authors to make a living. Can anyone speak to this? Personally I've found myself reading more, and spending more on books, now than I did a year ago, but YMMV.....

Comments

[elfflame]

I think it's a positive influence on reading. People like having things easily at hand, and with phones and game machines you can carry in your pocket, the e-readers are at least something that can compete with that, because you can have your whole library with you wherever you go.

As someone who used to be an avid reader, but doesn't read nearly enough any more, I keep thinking I need to get myself one now, because I think I'd be more likely to read if I didn't have to carry around the books everywhere. I love books, I just have trouble finding time to read with everything else distracting me. And this would be one way to encourage it.