OK ... the article says "Though they are an improvement on a computer screen, e-book readers remain crude simulacra of books. A poll released by John Zogby at BEA found that 82% of Americans strongly prefer paper to pixels. None of the handful of e-book manufacturers will divulge sales figures. First-quarter sales of mass-market e-books in America have tripled since the same period in 2005, but they were worth just $10m."
I don't think 82 percent of Americans have even SEEN an ebook reader, much less compared one to a book on paper.
And, why is it ... that is so many Americans prefer regular books ... then any time I have my Kindle out in public, I draw a crowd of people who want to see what is is and how it works?? I'm sure I'd get the same crowd with any ebook reader.
I would like to know just how many people they polled. 100 maybe 200?? And, how would those numbers skew with regard to readers?? I mean, 82 percent of Americans don't read very much ... at all. A fair percentage are barely literate. So, are they in the 18 percent who prefer not being able to read (at all) on an ebook or in the 82 percent that can't read a paper book?
I'm not fond of articles that quote statistics and then fail to back them up or qualify them properly. I'm also not fond of people who do that .... it just smacks of "agenda" ....
