"E-Readers Catch Younger Eyes and Go in Backpacks"

See what the E can mean for e-readers of different ages in Julie Bosman's news article that focuses on how "E-Readers Catch Younger Eyes and Go in Backpacks."

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  1. extraordinary
    highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
    Something extraordinary happened after Eliana Litos received an e-reader for a Hanukkah gift in December.
  2. enlarge
    make bigger
    In their infancy e-readers were adopted by an older generation that valued the devices for their convenience, portability and, in many cases, simply for their ability to enlarge text to a more legible size.
  3. edition
    the form in which a text is published
    Appetite for e-book editions of best sellers and adult genre fiction--romance, mysteries, thrillers--has seemed almost bottomless.
  4. entice
    provoke someone to do something through persuasion
    But now that e-readers are cheaper and more plentiful, they have gone mass market, reaching consumers across age and demographic groups, and enticing some members of the younger generation to pick them up for the first time.
  5. expensive
    high in price or charging high prices
    Digital sales have typically represented only a small fraction of sales of middle-grade and young-adult books, a phenomenon usually explained partly by the observation that e-readers were too expensive for children and teenagers.
  6. cluster
    come together as in a flock
    That scene may be slowly replaced by tweens and teenagers clustered in groups and reading their Nooks or Kindles together, wirelessly downloading new titles with the push of a button
  7. experience
    have firsthand knowledge of states, situations or sensations
    The young adults and the teenagers are now the newest people who are beginning to experience e-readers
  8. bombard
    address continuously, as if with a barrage
    she had been bombarded with questions from parents about whether they should buy e-readers for their children
  9. format
    the general appearance of a publication
    Kids are drawn to the devices, and there's a definite desire by parents to move books into this format.
  10. platform
    the combination of a computer and an operating system
    Now you're finding people who are saying: 'Let's use the platform.
  11. encourage
    contribute to the progress or growth of
    Some teachers have been encouraging, too, telling their students that they are allowed to bring e-readers to school for leisure reading during homeroom and English class
  12. appealing
    able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
    I don't know whether it's the device itself that is appealing, or the easy access to the books
  13. availability
    the quality of being at hand when needed
    Some younger readers have been exploring the classics, thanks to the availability of older e-books that are in the public domain--and downloadable free.
  14. spare
    save or relieve from an experience or action
    the family used the local library--already stocked with more than 3,000 e-books--to download titles free, sparing her the usual chore of "lugging around 40 pounds of books."
  15. avid
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
    But I'm an avid believer that you need to find what excites your child about reading.
Created on Thu Aug 14 21:33:20 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Aug 15 11:44:31 EDT 2014)

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