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"I applaud Penguin's decision today to re-start e-book sales to libraries so that we may again meet our mutual goals of connecting authors and readers," library association president Molly Raphael said in a statement. One statistic reported by Pew should please publishers and librarians: Those who borrow e-books from libraries tend to read more
-- 29 books a year -- than readers who don't use the library (23 books). But library card holders also are more likely to borrow, as opposed to buy, a book compared to those without library cards. Overall, around half of those surveyed said they had bought their most recent book. Around 15 percent said they had borrowed a copy from the library.
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