This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
April 25, 2012
On April 4, the Pew Research Center’s released an extensive report on the country’s e-reading habits as part of its Internet and American Life project. It is, as is oftentimes the case with Pew reports, quite interesting and exceedingly bland. (You can find an introduction to the Pew report here; the full report is also available online or as a free download.)
Which gave me an idea: Why not tap into our collective brainpower and organize a roundtable? Which is exactly what I did. This is the final entry in a three-part series; the first entry, “Crap futurism, pleasure reading, and DRM,” ran on Monday, and “Walled gardens, cruftiness, and a race to the bottom” ran yesterday.
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