While the cost of e-reading devices remains a concern, the single most popular answer to the question of what hinders respondents from reading more e-books was 'nothing,' at 33% (up from 17.6% a year ago).

Seventy-five percent of respondents said are satisfied with their e-reading device, including more than 38% of respondents who reported being 'very satisfied.' Less than 5% said they felt their e-reading device was not a good value for the money.

Amazon continues to be the preferred source for e-books (70%) and e-book information (44%), followed by Barnes & Noble (26%) and Apple, but libraries are gaining ground.

More than 46% of those who say they acquire e-books at least weekly (considered 'Power Buyers' in this survey) report that they have increased their dollars spent for books in all formats, compared with 30.4% of all survey respondents.A year ago, only 38% said they would wait this long. Nearly 50% of print book consumers who have also acquired an e-book during the past 18 months would wait up to three months for the e-version of a book from a favorite author, rather than immediately read it in print.Among the findings of the new BISG survey: 'The e-book market is developing very fast, with consumer attitudes and behaviors changing over the course of months, rather than years,' said Angela Bole, BISG's deputy executive director. Mulholland reportedly printed 6,500 copies of the book.Į-book sales will continue to grow as readers show increased loyalty to, and satisfaction with, the digital format, according to the second volume of the Book Industry Study Group's Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey. Our goal is to never have this happen, but when it does, it is important to us to communicate with and compensate readers and retailers as quickly as possible.' The plagiarized authors included Ian Fleming, Robert Ludlum and Charles McCarry, according to the New York Times. Little, Brown executive v-p and publisher Michael Pietsch said, 'We take great pride in the writers and books we publish and tremendous care in every aspect of our publishing process, so it is with deep regret that we have published a book that we can no longer stand behind.

Markham is a pseudonym for Quentin Rowan, a co-owner of Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Wholesalers and retailers should return copies of the original paperback for full credit, and consumers should seek refunds from the retailers they bought the books from. Markham, just published by Mulholland Books, because 'many passages and lines have been taken from a variety of classic and contemporary spy novels,' the publisher said. Little, Brown has withdrawn Assassin of Secrets by Q.R.

Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber