eBook use on the rise
Updated: Friday, December 28 2012, 08:23 PM EST
(NEWSCHANNEL 3) - More Americans are shifting to eBooks.
A Pew Research survey found that 23 percent of Americans have read an electronic book this year--up from 16 percent last year.
At the same time, readers of traditional books dropped from 72 percent to 67 percent.
About one-third of Americans own an eBook device, or tablet, such as a Kindle, Nook, or iPad.
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