A new survey conducted in the US shows evidence that the digital ebooks are rapidly taking over the traditional books as more tech savvy people prefer having their books digitalized.

According to a new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, e-books are rapidly becoming more popular that the traditional books. The survey finds that in 2012, more than 23 percent of U.S.A's population of people aged 16 and above opted for e-books rather than physical books. The study also found that sales of printed books fell by more than 5 percent over the year, especially among purchasers of the above mentioned age group.

According to study authors Lee Rainie and Maeve Duggan, "This change coincides with increased U.S. ownership of electronic book-reading devices-meaning an e-reader, a tablet, or both."

The survey also stated that in the year 2012 alone, more than 19 percent of the US population owned e-book readers, which was only 10 percent last year. However, a survey conducted in November shows that about 25 percent of Americans ages 16 and older owning a tablet like Apple's iPad $629.00 at Apple Store or Amazon's Kindle Fire $159.00 at Amazon.

This could pose to be a major issue of concern for libraries. According to the June Pew study only a mere 5 percent of the county's population were seen visiting and borrowing books from libraries in 2012

"Beyond that, there is growing public awareness that the vast majority of public libraries now lend ebooks. In the entire population of those ages 16 and older, the number who are aware that libraries offer ebook loans increased from 24 percent last year to 31 percent now," the study authors said.

However, reading continues to be the favorite pastime of the people with the survey showing more than 75 percent of the population of 16 years and older have reported to have read a book in the last 12 months-a slight decline from the 78 percent of respondents who said they had in 2011.