Books, writing and text aren’t going away, but with the proliferation of digital devices, tablets and smartphones, along with the apps that serve them, the written word is evolving in new and intriguing ways. In fact, the evolution of digital books is, in some ways, making reading cool again. “With Kindle, readers read more,” maintained Stephanie Mantello, the senior PR manager for Amazon’s Kindle. “Kindle owners buy 3.3 times the number of books they purchased prior to owning a Kindle,” she told TechNewsWorld.
The Reading Revolution
Posted by: Vivian Wagner June 9, 2011 05:00 AMBooks, writing and text aren’t going away, but with the proliferation of digital devices, tablets and smartphones, along with the apps that serve them, the written word is evolving in new and intriguing ways. In fact, the evolution of digital books is, in some ways, making reading cool again. “With Kindle, readers read more,” maintained Stephanie Mantello, the senior PR manager for Amazon’s Kindle. “Kindle owners buy 3.3 times the number of books they purchased prior to owning a Kindle,” she told TechNewsWorld.