Does anyone read books anymore?
Does anyone read books anymore (besides me?)
"80% of U.S. families did not buy or read a book in the past year."
"58% of U.S. adults never read another book after high school."
"42% of college graduates never read another book after graduation."
- Dan Poynter, The Self Publishing Manual, stats from the American Bookseller Association
Do these figures shock anyone besides me? Maybe I'm biased - I love to read. I rarely turn on the TV except for my kids. I read myself to sleep most nights.
Maybe it's not a bad as it sounds?
"Adults in the U.S. spent $25.6 billion in the past year."
- also from Dan's book
There's a Cantonese joke I heard several times when I lived in Hong Kong:
A wife buys her husband a gift for his birthday. He opens it up finds a book inside.
He says, "it's very nice, but I already have one."
Yes, I'm writing a book. It probably won't sell well in Hong Kong :)
"80% of U.S. families did not buy or read a book in the past year."
"58% of U.S. adults never read another book after high school."
"42% of college graduates never read another book after graduation."
- Dan Poynter, The Self Publishing Manual, stats from the American Bookseller Association
Do these figures shock anyone besides me? Maybe I'm biased - I love to read. I rarely turn on the TV except for my kids. I read myself to sleep most nights.
Maybe it's not a bad as it sounds?
"Adults in the U.S. spent $25.6 billion in the past year."
- also from Dan's book
There's a Cantonese joke I heard several times when I lived in Hong Kong:
A wife buys her husband a gift for his birthday. He opens it up finds a book inside.
He says, "it's very nice, but I already have one."
Yes, I'm writing a book. It probably won't sell well in Hong Kong :)
posted by Ted Demopoulos at 6:12 AM
Comments on "Does anyone read books anymore?"
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Kris said ... (Sunday, April 10, 2005 6:08:00 PM) :
post a commentI find those statistics very difficult to believe.