Of course people didn't throw them away, but I suspect that like me, once I discovered I could read just fine on my smart phone, I happily switched over to doing that. Plus I have the extra benefit of listening to my music at the same time.
I get all of these uses out of one device that fits in all of my pockets, that's a win for me and I suspect for the majority of people.
I still have my Sony reader, and I still add books to it, but it doesn't get a whole lot of use. I never was very big on reading outside so getting a eink just for that purpose doesn't make a lot of sense. But I will keep it till it dies, but I doubt I'll get another one, there simply isn't any need.
The majority of people who are riding on the subway with me are using phones and tablets for the entertainment/reading purposes.
BTW, a smart phone/tablet ARE ereading devices, if you can put ebooks on it then it is a ereading device!
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Those numbers make no sense.
They say that a third of all adults were using ereaders in 2014, when ebook penetration (on ereaders and phones and tablets) barely reached 24%.
And suddenly, one year later over a third of those people threw the ereaders away?
Yeah, i want to know where Pew Pew got those numbers.
And who paid for this new study.
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