Is Digital Reading Just for Folks with Lots of Money?
According to Kelly Gallagher of RR Bowker, indeed it is. His talk this morning at Digital Book World focused on surveying the income bracket of people who actually read eBooks. Even though eBooks are a bit cheaper than print books, the price of eReaders and awareness of the new technology seems to be restricting usership to only those with a bit of money to burn.
Here’s more from our sibling blog GalleyCat:
Most dramatically, he reported that 37 percent of eBook readers earned over $65,000 a year, 38 percent earned between $35,000 and $75,000, and 25 percent earned $35,000 or below.
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