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    "title" : "Trends on Tuesday: e-Reading on the Rise |Digital.gov",
    "description": "Trends on Tuesday: e-Reading on the Rise",
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    {"title" :"Trends on Tuesday: e-Reading on the Rise","summary" : "What’s black and white and read all over? An e-reader. While it may be premature to revise classic riddles, a recent study by the Pew Research Center indicates that e-books are gaining popularity among American readers. Nearly three in ten adults (28%) reported reading an e-book in the past year, up from 23% at the","date" : "2014-04-15T09:18:35-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"tjohnson" : "Treci Johnson"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/04/2014-04-15-trends-on-tuesday-e-reading-on-the-rise.md","slug" : "trends-on-tuesday-e-reading-on-the-rise","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/04/15/trends-on-tuesday-e-reading-on-the-rise/","content" :"\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-150792\" alt=\"Books in tablet computer and smartphone\" src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/04/250-x-185-Books-in-tablet-computer-and-smartphone-Oleksiy-Mark-iStock-Thinkstock-148442321.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"185\" /\u003e \n\u003cp\u003eWhat’s black and white and read all over? An e-reader. While it may be premature to revise classic riddles, \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/01/16/e-reading-rises-as-device-ownership-jumps/\"\u003ea recent study\u003c/a\u003e by the Pew Research Center indicates that e-books are gaining popularity among American readers. Nearly three in ten adults (28%) reported reading an e-book in the past year, up from 23% at the end of 2012.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho’s reading, and how:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHalf of American adults now own either a tablet or an e-reader for reading e-content.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMost people who read e-books and own a tablet or e-reader also consume e-books on their personal computer and cell phones.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmong individuals who read a book in the past year, 47% of those under 30 read an e-book, as did 42% of those ages 30-49 and 35% of readers ages 50-64.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReading habits are changing. Although print should not be abandoned, government communicators must acknowledge the mobile lifestyles of their audiences. So the next time your agency releases a report, white paper or any other significant publication, take a few extra steps to make it mobile, \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/07/creating-e-books-think-functionality-not-aesthetics/\" title=\"Creating E-Books: Think Functionality, Not Aesthetics\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\"\u003eas our article on ebooks explains\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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