No growth in the e-book market

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The digital bookshelf is popular with many Germans, but hardly finds any new users. One in four people (26 percent) in this country uses an e-book . This means that the proportion of e-book readers remains at the same level as in previous years. In 2014, it was already 24 percent. In contrast, eight out of ten Germans (79 percent) read printed books at least now and then. One in six (17 percent) reads neither printed books nor e-books. This is the result of a representative survey commissioned by the digital association Bitkom.

"E-books have real fans, but no new ones are being middle east gambling data added," says Bitkom President Achim Berg. "For many readers, digital books have created added value, but they hardly replace printed titles." At least: just over a third of non-users (35 percent) can imagine reading e-books in the future.

The most popular output device for e-books is the e-reader; a good three quarters of users (77 percent) read it privately or professionally. Every second person (50 percent) now reads on their smartphone , followed by tablet computers (38 percent), laptops (23 percent) and desktop PCs (3 percent).

Younger people in particular read digital books: 47 percent of 16- to 29-year-olds use e-books. Among 30- to 49-year-olds and 50- to 64-year-olds, the figure is 26 percent each. In the age group 65 and over, the proportion of e-book users is 10 percent.