If you had asked me to predict the results of the 18th iteration of my annual e-book poll, I would have guessed that after a spike in e-book enthusiasm during the pandemic, we’d continue on a general trend back toward paper being the format of choice.
Well! As usual with this poll, the results did not quite hew to my expectations.
While paper retained a narrow edge in enthusiasm over e-books, the gap is narrower than last year. E-book enthusiasm ticked up from 40.2% to 42.2%, while paper dead-enders ebbed from 44.4% to 43.4%.
Still, overall, apart from the pandemic e-book spike, we’ve been locked into relative stasis for the last six years. Will our future continue to be a mix of e-books and print or will something come along to break the deadlock?
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