Compared to last week's report, this probably shows that consumers who actually buy e-readers don't really care about the touch feature, whereas those on the outer circle are mainly waiting for more -- and no doubt cheaper -- touchscreen e-readers.
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The development of e-readers and e-books created more pressure on the large stores.
E-readers are great for reading e-books.
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And tablets, which are priced similarly to top e-readers, also work well for reading e-books.
Many have predicted the eventual demise of physical books, as e-book readers and e-book demand soars.
E-readers and tablets (including Amazon's Kindle Fire e-reader, which is a modified Android tablet) were a popular holiday gift item last year.
Some readers load all the novels about a favorite heroine onto their e-readers at once.
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She said the popularity of e-readers and tablet computers as Christmas presents had also helped to make January Surrey's busiest e-book month so far, with 2, 469 e-book loans.
Although this gap did not apply to those children who used tablet computers or e-readers.
E-readers these days are defined by their features, meaning, essentially: 'what do they do besides books?
The even bigger segment of what I call FeatureTablets are e-readers like the Kindle or Nook.
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E-READERS HAVE come a long way since the first Kindle hit the market six years ago.
British publishers have reported record sales for 2012, despite the recession and the rise of e-readers.
There are of course, dedicated e-readers too: the tablet equivalent to filmed-before-a live-studio-audience sitcoms.
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NextWorth buys back iPhones and iPads, as well as cameras, e-readers, game consoles and other products.
Nevertheless, this should be welcome news for consumers that have been holding off on buying e-readers.
After all, even with bundled data plans, how many tablets or e-readers does one Dad need?
But, laptops now outsell desktops, and the market for e-readers and tablet computers is surging, too.
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The original idea was to use the iPads as e-readers, in place of traditional textbooks.
But nonbusiness consumers, take heart: Cheaper, book-focused e-readers are also likely to be revamped soon.
This screen doesn't use the anti-reflective e-ink that's so familiar in Kindle and Nook e-readers.
Those agents may also complicate efforts to sell digital newspapers on e-readers and tablet computers.
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Other connected devices like smart grids, smart cars, e-readers and alarms present incremental opportunities.
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News flash: Amazon.com sold millions of Kindle tablets and e-readers over the holiday shopping season.
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Another 57, 000 subscribe to replica editions delivered on e-readers like the Kindle and the Nook.
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With the growing interest in e-readers, amateur publishing can become as powerful as blogging.
One thing's for sure -- monochrome electronic ink displays are not the future of e-readers.
We're also seeing an incredible variety of display technologies gunning for current and future generation e-Readers.
But the hope is that music-players, e-readers and mobile phones will eventually follow, says Dr Smith.
Next-generation e-readers and tablets have spurred interest in the prospect of a paperless magazine market.
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