Infographic: Can Print Books and Ebook Coexist?
February 20th, 2013This infographic came out earlier this month, but I thought it had some interesting statistics on the coexistence of ebooks and print books:
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February 21st, 2013 at 9:32 am
yes! yes! yes! print & ebooks can co-exist! they are for different things!!
February 21st, 2013 at 10:37 am
I think they can and will. I blogged about the infographic and some of the stats over at Nocturnal Librarian, where I ask, should reading be the new national past time? (it polls higher than baseball)
February 21st, 2013 at 10:59 am
I believe that this “infographic” does not follow the standards of being “librarian approved.” I looked further into the website (http://www.teachingdegree.org/about/) and found that the site does not cite or provide any of its findings; even though numbers provided are interesting. Therefore I declare “this infographic” an unreliable source.
February 23rd, 2013 at 9:53 am
@Stephanie: I completely agree – different tools for different purposes, and not everything has to be a competition.
@Deb: I like “reading as the national past time” – maybe the ALA could get behind it.
@Arusso: I saw some sources listed at the bottom of the infographic, but I didn’t view them all the verify the numbers.