"Dedicated e-readers as well as multifunctional devices continued to gain in popularity this spring as the favored way to read e-books, while computers continued to lose ground. That was one of the findings of the newest edition of the Book Industry Study Group's "Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading." As the use of computers for reading e-books declined and the use of dedicated devices rose between May 2010 and May 2011, the two formats stood neck-and-neck as the most popular way to read e-books this spring. Multifunctional devices, meanwhile, were used by more than 10% of e-book readers this May for the first time...."

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