Percentage of Americans who reported having read at least six books in the past 12 months, : 46.
Age bracket most likely to report : 16-17, at 86 percent.
Among those age 16-17 who read at least one book in 2011, the percentage who read at : 13.
In 2012: 28.
Percentage of parents of children under age 6 who , according to a Pew Internet survey this year: 58.
Percentage of Americans who owned an ebook reader in 2011, according to : 10.
And 2012: 19.
Percentage of ebook sales a year ago that are children’s books or young adult fiction, according to a PubTrack Consumer study released by the American Association of Publishers last week: 10.2.
The same measure now: 15.4.
First known use of the word “bookmark,” according to m-w.com: 1838.
Snap assumption: The top-line definition of “bookmark” will soon be the one that starts “a menu entry or icon on a computer….”
Dave Burdick: 303-954-1957, dburdick@ denverpost.com
