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Old 08-10-2009, 11:32 AM   #74
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> Most of the population of the world that reads books,
> don't own a computer.

Well, not sure if there are any decent numbers on how many people own computers.. But there are numbers for iternet usage. Firstly, according to www.internetworldstats.com the global "internet penetration" currently sits at 23% In europe it's 48% In US it's 72%

As for books, a quote from http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/aug/22/news

> A quarter of US adults say they read no books at all in
> the past year, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.

So for US it's 75% that read books and 73% that "use internet".

Even the global 23% is pretty decent one. Certainly not something that indivcates this:

> Kids that are in primary school today will probably be reading
> on electronic devices almost exclusively by the time they are
> in high school.

..is impossible, or even unlikely. Assuming these kids are not those in developing countries.
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