After years of sales growth, major publishers reported a fall in their e-book sales for the first time this year, introducing new doubts about the potential of e-books in the publishing industry. A Penguin executive even admitted recently that the e-books hype may have driven unwise investment, with the company losing too much confidence in "the power of the word on the page."
BOSTON — Poll results released Friday show that the ballot question asking voters whether or not the state should lift the cap on the number of charter schools allowed to open annually remains a toss-up, while momentum is gaining for backers of legalizing marijuana.
A Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll of 500 likely voters, conducted this past Monday and concluding on Wednesday, involved "live telephone interviews of adults," with the results showing that the charter question remains deadlocked at 45.4 percent between backers and opponents, with 9 percent still undecided.
