Published in: Publishers Weekly

". . . .Further evidence about the viability of hardcovers comes from the "BISG Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading" report, which found that even among consumers who read and buy e-books, they still buy hardcovers. In fact, the move away from print slowed somewhat between the survey conducted in February and the one done in May, compared to the movement between the first and second survey, conducted in December and February, respectively. Thirty-seven percent of e-book buyers said they decreased their purchases of hardcovers in the third survey, up from 34% in the first, but down from the 43% who said they bought fewer hardcovers in the second survey. The pattern was also the same for paperbacks, with the percentage of book buyers who reported buying fewer books in that format down in the third survey, but up slightly from the first. . . ."

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