In this era of 140-character interactions on Twitter, it may seem as if long-form reading is on the decline. But the latest study from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, "E-Reading Rises as Device Ownership Jumps," reports that reading is actually alive and well: 76% of American adults (aged 18 and older) read at least one book (in print, on an e-reader, or as an audiobook) in 2013. According to the report, readers were more likely to pick up a print book (69%) than an ebook (28%). E-reading is on the upswing, however, with an increase from 17% in 2011 to 23% in 2012, though only 4% of respondents read ebooks exclusively last year. Fourteen percent of those surveyed listened to an audiobook last year, but that's not an exclusive practice either: 84% also read a print book, while 56% read an ebook as well. About half of the respondents (52%) read only print books last year.
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机译：在Twitter上具有140个字符的互动时代，长篇阅读似乎正在下降。但是，皮尤研究中心（Pew Research Center）的互联网与美国人生活项目（Internet＆American Life Project）所做的最新研究“随着设备拥有权的跃升，电子阅读的兴起”表明，阅读实际上仍然很活跃：76％的美国成年人（18岁以上）至少阅读过一篇该书（印刷版，电子阅读器或有声读物）于2013年出版。根据该报告，与电子书（28％）相比，读者更倾向于选择印刷书（69％）。但是，电子阅读正呈上升趋势，从2011年的17％增长到2012年的23％，尽管去年只有4％的受访者专门阅读电子书。去年，接受调查的受访者中有14％听过有声读物，但这也不是唯一的做法：84％的人还会读一本印刷书籍，而56％的人也会读一本电子书。去年大约一半的受访者（52％）仅阅读印刷书籍。
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