"...Looks like the ladies are behind the surge of e-reader buying that has also propelled e-books above traditional, print books. In a recent story by msnbc.com colleague Suzanne Choney, she reports, "last year, 114 million e-books were sold --a 1,039 percent increase since 2008, according to the Association of American Publishers and the Book Industry Study Group said in a recently released survey. In contrast, 603 million 'trade hardcover' books -- both fiction and non-fiction -- were sold last year, a 5.8 percent increase since 2008."..."

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