I recently found some interesting data about eBooks from the “Internet Waves” column in the Jan/Feb issue of
Information Today.
4,350: the number of ebook titles made available by the average public library
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76.3%: the percentage of public libraries in the U.S. that lend ebooks (57% in Nebraska)
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3.2: the average number of ebooks purchased per month by library ebook patrons
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$11.50: the average consumer price for an ebook
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$63.00: the average price of an ebook purchased by a library
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- http://www.economist.com/news/international/21573966-e-books-mean-plot-twist-public-libraries-and-publishers-folding-shelves
- Hoffman, Judy, John Carlo Bertot, and Denise M. Davis. Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2011-2012. Digital supplement of American Libraries magazine, June 2012. Available at http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4673a369.
- http://www.overdrive.com/news/new-findings-reaffirm-library-borrowers-are-also-buyers/
- http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blog/year-ebook-price-comparisons-has-anything-changed
