The year-over-year print was also weak, down -5.2% versus expectations of being down -3.9%.
The survey also found that just slightly more people prefer e-books over print for reading in bed.
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Bowker counted over 235, 000 titles self-published in print and digital compared to 148, 424 titles in 2011, although it counts only those books with ISBNs.
Services now account for over half of Xerox revenue, although one-third of them are related to managed print services.
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Much of this influx came from non-traditional publishers (primarily self-publishers), whose print titles increased a whopping 169% from just over 1 million in 2009 to 2.7 million in 2010.
Since the character first appeared in 2005, there have been at least 46 "Fancy Nancy" books from publisher HarperCollins, with over 20 million in print, spawning a number of popular dolls and toys, and becoming a must-have birthday party theme for all the fanciest little girls.
Designed for portability, the Z340 combines a 14.0 megapixel digital camera with a ZINK-enabled printer using the ink-free Zero Ink Printing Technology from ZINK Imaging to deliver a 3x4'' print - the same size as the classic Polaroid photos that captured millions of special memories over the past 63 years.
"We need to look over the fine print on the bill, " said a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Mississippi.
"We have a clear customer focus, which is: People who want to make money in print, " says Bernhard Schreier, Heidelberger Druck's 47-year-old CEO, over breakfast at the art deco corporate cafe in Heidelberg.
Just last week, for example, the Supreme Soviet further delayed action on an emigration bill, this time citing concerns over a potential "brain-drain" and adverse budgetary implications arising from the 10-20 billion ruble cost to print new passports and customs forms which would be needed to implement the new law.
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