As we prepare for a long holiday weekend here in the States, I thought I’d provide you with some fun facts about eBooks and other electronic content (just in case you need to impress the relatives).  These are things I collected from articles, blog posts, and by contacting vendors directly.  I use these factoids when I do presentations, something to entertain the group during breaks.  Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

all of the factoids are in the file linked above, but here are a couple of teasers:

• $519.48 – what you’d spend on ebooks if you bought one per week at $9.99.
• 167,334 serials titles digitized in HathiTrust
• 114 million pounds of merchandise shipped by Ingram in 2009
• 66% of U.S. public libraries offer eBooks