Huge jump in number of people owning tablets, e-readers

Prior to the holiday shopping period, 18 percent of Americans owned at least one of the devices, Now, according to a Pew survey, 29 percent of Americans own at least one. From release:

These findings are striking because they come after a period from mid-2011 into the autumn in which there was not much change in the ownership of tablets and e-book readers. However, as the holiday gift-giving season approached, the marketplace for both devices dramatically shifted. In the tablet world, Amazon's Kindle Fire and Barnes and Noble's Nook Tablet were introduced at considerably cheaper prices than other tablets. In the e-book reader world, some versions of the Kindle and Nook and other readers fell well below $100.