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Originally Posted by Pookie
I'd be interested where you got this evidence from. Certainly in the UK book sales are not in decline. And why would there be more books published if people weren't reading them?
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I've read several times how there are more books published now than ever, usually in the context of the little guy trying to get some visibility for his book but its hard with so much coming out. Publishers pulp a lot of their product, anyway.
but I found this
A new survey of literary reading in America by the National Endowment for the Arts, “
Reading At Risk “ has once again raised the alarm about the cultural decline of America. This one provides the news that we read much less literature, defined as fiction and poetry, than we did some 20 years ago. Indeed, the decline is substantial (10 percent), accelerating and especially worrisome because the malady of literature non-reading particularly afflicts the younger members of society, that critical 18-24 year old group (which shows a 28 percent decline in this survey).
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2005/08/23/lombardi