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  Ereading, literacy: Wattpad leads the way with the simple, cheap mobile phone platform

  1471 readersI’ve often said that mobile phones, not smartphones but plain old-fashioned mobile phones, are probably the ereading choice of the world. That’s because a huge part of the world still lives in poverty, but even in those conditions a mobile phone can often be had. Now comes data that shows that Africa has over a

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  Pew Internet reports ereader ownership doubled in 6 months

  3538 readers From a New Report by Kristen Purcell, Pew Internet & American Life Project: Overview: “The percent of U.S. adults with an e-book reader doubled from 6% to 12% between November 2010 and May 2011. Hispanic adults, adults younger than age 65, college graduates and those living in households with incomes of at least $75,000 are most likely

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  California Issues Mobile App Privacy Guidelines

  216 readersHeaded up by California’s Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, the CA Department of Justice have issued a set of privacy guidelines for mobile phones. The state’s recommended best practices, which go above and beyond legal requirements, include suggestions for app developers, app platform providers, and mobile advertising networks. The document suggests that app developers be transparent, limit

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  Kindle Fire may have half the tablet market

  1134 readers So says a report on the Kindle Fire carried in Boy Genius Reports.  Here’s a snippet: Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet hasn’t even been available for a full month yet, but analysts and the media already seem comfortable declaring it the Android tablet to beat. Fourth-quarter sales estimates have been as high as 5 million units and even more

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  Mobile phones in China increase reading – 120 million readers

  1513 readersI’ve often expressed the opinion here that mobile phones are a major way of bringing literature to people – far more important than the classic ereader, such as the Kindle, that we see in the rich developed countries. Now comes another example of this. From the Irish Times: Mobile phones are becoming pocket libraries for

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  Mobile App Trends in 2013: INFOGRAPHIC

  770 readersCDN Software Solutions created an infographic called, “Mobile App Trends in 2013,” which explores the exploding mobile app marketplace. The infographic shares data from Gartner that reveals that this year, mobile phones will beat PCs as the most common way to access the internet. We’ve embedded the entire graphic after the jump for you to explore. Check it

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  21% Of Adults Have Read An eBook In The Last Year: Pew Research

  726 readersAccording to a new report from Pew Research, in a survey done in February 2012, 21% of adults in the U.S. said that they had read an eBook in the last year. This was up from the 17% of adults who had reported doing so in December 2011. The report concludes that the December 2011 holiday

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  Japan: National Diet Library gets ebook advice

  1019 readersFrom the Mainichi Daily News: Under the National Diet Library Act, publishers must send copies of all printed books to the library. However, texts published only on the Internet remain outside the law and, save those collected from government ministries and agencies’ websites, un-catalogued by the library. The National Diet Library — similar to the

• More Than 50 Million in U.S. Read Ebook in 2012, But Their Habits Are Changing

  129 readers[Press Release]Number of Adults in U.S. Who Use E-Books Topped 50 Million in 2012 — But Consumer Base, Buying Habits ChangingSimba Information, the market research firm specializing in publishing and media, has released the fifth edition of its Trade E-Book Publishing report series, which has closely followed the digital book market since 2009. While the

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  How mobile phones can extend our daily reading experience, by Piotr Kowalczyk

  1793 readersReading on mobile phones is a subject of my continued fascination. How to help people read e-books on their phones? What to do to overcome popular prejudices? Certainly, mobile phones won’t be a primary e-reader for anyone who wants to read more than occasionally, but they can be very useful as a supporting, emergency device.