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Tablet computer and smartphone ownership have each increased dramatically in recent years, and a growing share of Americans are using these multipurpose mobile devices – rather than dedicated e-readers – to read books. Between 2011 and 2016, the number of Americans who read books on tablet computers has increased nearly fourfold (from 4% to 15%), while the share who read books on smartphones has more than doubled (from 5% to 13%). The share of Americans who read books on desktop or laptop computers has also increased, although by a more modest amount: 11% of Americans now do this, up from 7% in 2011.
More Americans are reading books on tablets and  | cell phones, even as dedicated e-reader muse has  | remained stable  | % of USS adults who have read an E-, book in the last year using a/an  | Tablet  | E-book  | Desktop or  | Cellphone  | computer  | reader  | laptop  | computer  | 15%  | 13  | 2011 2016  | 2011 2016  | 2011 2016  | 2011 2016  | Source: Survey conducted March 7-April 4. 2016.  | "Book Reading Survey 2016"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 