The audiobook industry is digitizing more frontlist and backlist titles and every year there are around 25,000 new audio editions that are available to purchase. Half of all Americans over the age of 12 have listened to an audiobook in the past year, which is up from 44% from last year. Edison Research and Triton Digital for Audio Publishers Association have released a … [Read more...] about Americans are listening to more audiobooks than ever before
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How Old is your e-Reader?
When a new e-reader is released people normally don't upgrade to the latest and greatest every year. Certainly e-paper technology does not improve at the breakneck speed that smartphones and tablets do. e-Readers are one of those things that receive very small, incremental updates and often do not give users a compelling enough reason to upgrade. So the question is, how old is … [Read more...] about How Old is your e-Reader?
Recent comScore Report Places Android on Top in U.S.
According to the latest comScore metrics, Android is in the lead as the dominant smartphone platform in the mobile marketplace. With 52.1% of the market share, Android is a fair step ahead of Apple who is lagging behind at 41.7% (third place went to Microsoft at a pitiful 3.6%, with fourth landing in BlackBerry's lap at 2.3%). Android didn't lead every statistic, however... … [Read more...] about Recent comScore Report Places Android on Top in U.S.
Report – Canadians use Tablets and e-Readers at the same ratio
Canadians seem to get the short end of the stick in the e-Reader and Tablet arena compared to our southern neighbors. It is near impossible to buy a Amazon Kindle or Barnes and Noble Nook in a retail setting. Canadians are limited to Sony, Kobo or Aluratek e-readers in most electronics shops, but enjoy a wider selection of tablets. Tablet PC's such as the the Apple iPad and … [Read more...] about Report – Canadians use Tablets and e-Readers at the same ratio