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Children's/YA E-Book Use Led By Adults; "Guarded" On Tablet Influence

Children's Publishing Market Forecast 2013

Children's Publishing Market Forecast 2013 outlines a complicated and mixed message about reading, tablets, and where the two intersect in the future of children's books. In a nationally representative survey of 2,000 adults completed in August 2012, only 33.7% somewhat or strongly agreed that children would read more books for leisure if they had their own tablet, and 25.6% somewhat or strongly disagreed; approximately 40% of adults had no opinion. Findings from this survey conclude when the statement is posed to e-book users, the percentage of adults who somewhat or strongly agreed move up to about 44% and when the statement is posed to iPad owners, barely half (51.3%) somewhat or strongly agreed with the statement.

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