While browsing the bookstore to buy a gift for that special someone (or yourself), you may be faced with a tough decision: e-books or the old-fashioned kind? Each one has its pros and cons, and ...

E-books are growing in popularity since they’re easily accessible and cheaper, and many titles are available for free online. People read them on their smartphones, tablets, and computers in their ...

I’m worried about this generation of college students. They simply don’t seem able to move beyond paper books. Take a walk through the libraries on my campus, or stroll around the Green, and you will ...

Jimmy is a writer and editor who publishes a weekly newsletter. You can find him on Twitter. Will e-books put libraries out of business? In all likelihood, the answer is a firm no. Readers of e-books ...

Researchers asked more than 420 university students from the U.S., Slovakia, Japan and Germany in 2010 and 2013. They found that 92 percent preferred paper books instead of e-books. The survey was ...

We have the paper books and then e-books. Now, maybe it’s time to have both with what has come to be known as the digital book hybrid. The product has been the result of the bitBook project with the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about books, publishing, authors and readers Where did this paper shortage come from, and how long will it last? To find ...

After eight years of writing about past visions of the future, I’ve learned to never make predictions of my own. But I’m about to break my own rule because I’m just so damn confident in my prediction: ...

Amazon announced a new program Tuesday that will allow owners of physical books to buy their Kindle counterparts at significantly discounted rates. The system, called Kindle Matchbook, lets users pick ...

Katie Keier (@bluskyz) has been a classroom teacher and literacy specialist in grades K-8 for twenty-four years. She is the co-author (with Pat Johnson) of Catching Readers Before They Fall: ...