I’m not going to lie, amid the pandemic I thought this was going to be a year where e-books experienced a bit of a resurgence in our annual poll. Nope. If anything, this year’s results reflect the continued resurgence of paper book optimism, which bottomed out between 2011-2013. Not coincidentally, this was around the time […]
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Will you ever buy mostly e-books? (14th annual poll)
It’s that time of year! Time for that moment where we put our fingers on the pulse of our robotic books. Or something. It is quite hard for me to believe that this poll is now a surly teenager. But particularly since we’re in the midst of a pandemic, I’m very curious if that’s had […]
Will you ever buy mostly e-books? 2019 results!
After thirteen years of doing this e-book poll, something interesting seems to be happening. Have we leveled off into a stalemate? With the usual caveats that this is an unscientific poll, the results are below. And wouldn’t you know it: e-books stayed on top. Barely. Like… it’s very close. Here’s a graph of the results, with […]
Will you ever buy mostly e-books? (13th annual poll)
It’s that time of year! Has your opinion about e-books changed? Are you still paper or die? Let’s get these bad boy caveats out of the way: Yes, I understand this isn’t a scientific poll Yes, it’s further unscientific-like to compare between years when my blog readership may have changed Yes, I know you want […]
Will you ever buy mostly e-books? 2018 results!
Something interesting happened last year with the results of my annual e-books survey. For the first time in nearly ten years, more people saw themselves sticking with paper books for the long haul. Was it a blip on the path to e-book dominance? Are people reconsidering their allegiances given the ubiquity of screens and the persistence […]
Will you ever buy mostly e-books? (12th annual poll)
Here we are again, with my annual poll about our future e-book habits. If this poll were a child, it would be in middle school. Before I get to the poll, my usual caveats: Yes, I understand this isn’t a scientific poll Yes, it’s further unscientific-like to compare between years when my blog readership may […]
