Figures
I.1Rocket eBook, © Mark Richards. Courtesy the Computer History Museum (www.computerhistory.org/revolution/mobile-computing/18/319/1721).
I.2Revised communications circuit, Ray Murray and Squires, ‘The Digital Publishing Communications Circuit’ (Published under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/)).
1.1Active Book prototype (Courtesy the Centre for Computing History, exhibit reference ID CH53902).
1.2‘Yes’ responses to ‘do you consider e-books to be real books?’ by age.
2.1Eastgate Systems, Inc. packaging of Sarah Smith’s ‘King of Space’ (1991) (Courtesy the Electronic Literature Lab, https://scalar.usc.edu/works/rebooting-electronic-literature/photos-of-sarah-smiths-king-of-space).
2.2‘When you choose print, what are your reasons?’ (All readers, all years).
2.3‘When you choose digital, what are your reasons?’ (E-book readers only, all years).
3.3Reasons for choosing print: ‘better for keeping as part of a personal library’, by age.
4.1Reasons for choosing print: ‘a print book is more enjoyable to handle and use’, by age.
4.2Reasons for choosing digital: ‘a reading device is more enjoyable to handle and use’, by age.
4.3Reasons for choosing digital: ‘a reading device is more enjoyable to handle and use’, by year.
4.5Reasons for choosing digital: ‘easier to obtain’, by year.
4.7Reasons for choosing print: ‘easier to read’, by age, print-only readers versus e-book readers.
5.1Reasons for choosing digital: ‘better for privacy – no one can see what I’m reading’, by age.
5.2Reasons for choosing print: ‘I would describe myself as a bibliophile’, by year.
5.3Reasons for choosing print: ‘I would describe myself as a bibliophile’, by age.
5.4Reasons for choosing print: ‘I would describe myself as a bibliophile’, by source of print books.
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