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Originally Posted by sjfan
I'm pro e-reader, but that idea that 19% of adults use one (in the sense of a dedicated device that this article is positing—it purports to exclude phones, tablets, and other multi-purpose devices from the e-reader category) doesn't pass the smell test to me.
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I live in a retirement home in rural Arkansas, which is surely not very representative of the reading population. I've been here for 13 years. I use an ereader and currently I'd guess that 20% of the people living here use ereaders. I bought most of them for them so I'm fairly sure about that. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if it was 25%.
My guess is that there are fewer ereader users in rural Arkansas than in most places although we probably have more here because I make sure people who read know about them and help them find a way to get one.
So based on this small, highly inaccurate and not representative sample I'd say 19% doesn't seem unreasonable.
Barry