A Snapshot of American Reading Habits
in 2017
Global
English Editing: 12.12.2017 by Brendan Brown
Reading
opens up an infinite world of pleasure and discovery. People who read books are
able to dive into another world, whenever they like, just by turning over a
page. That’s a pretty wonderful thing to do.
The
problem with books is that they take time and space to read. Finding that time
and space can be difficult in our fast-paced world, full of digital
distractions. Why, when all of us have access endless information via our
smartphones, would anyone choose to read a book?
Reading:
the habit that won’t die
Perhaps
we still love reading books precisely because it gives as a way out of the
digital world. Many predicted the death of print when e-books came on the
scene, but in 2017, we’re buying more paper books and fewer e-books.
And
while the internet is a constant temptation, it poses no great threat to the
traditional book. In 2017, Americans spent almost the same amount of time
reading as they did in 2016.
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