Rita Toews, one of the founders of Read an E-Book week, reported to us by email how the 2009 Read an E-book Week was a roaring success:

"The Read an E-Book website main page had 30,500 hits from March 1st to the 15th. The partners page with the promotional material had 15,900 hits. People are obviously interested in all aspects of e-books and electronic reading material. Web traffic came from the four corners of the globe, including:Korea, England, Russia, U.S.A., France, Spain, Argentina, Iceland, Mexico, Portugal, Egypt, China, India, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates - to name a few."

Rita and her team put an enormous amount of effort in this endeavour and we salute their success. It was neat to see major media/tech sites like Wired.com and Forbes.com take notice and promote the week. We also read an excellent interview with Rita in the Children Books Insider March newsletter. With all this work in 2009 the stage is set for a great success in 2010.

Bravo!