Kids will lead the coming surge in ereader adoption, suggests the Boston Globe in an article this weekend:
“This is a generation of kids that have learned to communicate, search and purchase on very small devices, like mobile phones,” said James McQuivey, Forrester Research media analyst. “This year is a guinea pig year, next year the move will be en masse.”
In addition to being seen as non-threatening by kids, ereader prices are dropping while their capabilities continue to increase, and publishers are aggressively expanding their children’s and YA ebook catalogs.
Read the full article at Boston.com.
Well than, they had better get the ebook error issue fixed! Typos and OCR mistakes are one thing when it’s for grown-ups who know better, but for kids who are going to form their writing styles based on what they read, error-filled books are even more unacceptable.