Which - I confess - surprises me.

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One in Six Americans Now Use e-Reader with One in Six Likely to Purchase in Next Six Monthse-Reader users likely to both read and purchase more books than non-users

These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 2,183 adults surveyed online between July 11 and 18, 2011 by Harris Interactive.

While some may lament the introduction of the e-Reader as a death knell for books, the opposite is probably true. First, those who have e-Readers do, in fact, read more. Overall, 16% of Americans read between 11 and 20 books a year with one in five reading 21 or more books in a year (20%). But, among those who have an e-Reader, one-third read 11-20 books a year (32%) and over one-quarter read 21 or more books in an average year (27%).

E-Reader users are also more likely to buy books. One-third of Americans (32%) say they have not purchased any books in the past year compared to only 6% of e-Reader users who say the same. One in ten Americans purchased between 11 and 20 books (10%) or 21 or more books (9%) in the past year. Again, e-Reader users are more likely to have bought, or downloaded books, as 17% purchased between 11 and 20 and 17% purchased 21 or more books in the past year.

(more)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/one-in-six-americans-now-use-e-reader-with-one-in-six-likely-to-purchase-in-next-six-months-2011-09-19

(also)

http://www.aptaracorp.com/home/survey/