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Children Still Prefer Print Books to E-Books
By Catherine Gewertz
Children are embracing e-books by the millions, but most say they still would choose the printed version, according to a survey released last week.
Scholastic's biennial survey of 6- to 17-year-olds found e-books soaring in popularity : Forty-six percent of the 1,074 children said they had read an e-book, compared with 25 percent who said they had in 2010.
The e-book-reading numbers vary by only a few percentage points by gender or age group. But boys were slightly more likely to say that since they started reading e-books, they're reading more books overall.
Half the young people said they'd read more books for fun if they had better access to e-books. And it's clear that those surveyed are doing the lion's share of e-book reading at home, rather than in school: Three-quarters of the respondents who have read an e-book have done so at home; only one-quarter said they had read an e-book in school.
Among children who have read an e-book, one in five says he or she is reading more books for fun, especially boys.
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But print books clearly still have a big place in children's lives. Their responses showed that 80 percent of the books they read for fun are in print. They also prefer the printed form over the e-book for reading at bedtime or sharing with friends, the study found.
Fifty-eight percent said they will always want to read books printed on paper even if e-books are available. Two-thirds of the young people surveyed by Scholastic in 2010 gave the same response.
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By Catherine Gewertz
Children are embracing e-books by the millions, but most say they still would choose the printed version, according to a survey released last week.
Scholastic's biennial survey of 6- to 17-year-olds found e-books soaring in popularity : Forty-six percent of the 1,074 children said they had read an e-book, compared with 25 percent who said they had in 2010.
The e-book-reading numbers vary by only a few percentage points by gender or age group. But boys were slightly more likely to say that since they started reading e-books, they're reading more books overall.
Half the young people said they'd read more books for fun if they had better access to e-books. And it's clear that those surveyed are doing the lion's share of e-book reading at home, rather than in school: Three-quarters of the respondents who have read an e-book have done so at home; only one-quarter said they had read an e-book in school.
Among children who have read an e-book, one in five says he or she is reading more books for fun, especially boys.
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But print books clearly still have a big place in children's lives. Their responses showed that 80 percent of the books they read for fun are in print. They also prefer the printed form over the e-book for reading at bedtime or sharing with friends, the study found.
Fifty-eight percent said they will always want to read books printed on paper even if e-books are available. Two-thirds of the young people surveyed by Scholastic in 2010 gave the same response.
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This article from Education Week, originally published in January 2013, reports that while kids are reading e-books more than ever, a majority say they “will always want to read books printed on paper.” (Unfortunately for bibliophiles, this is down from a survey three years earlier.)
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