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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy
I see folks reading here all the time, including e-readers - though not so many Kindles, mostly nooks. Lots of paper books, too.
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Your environment sounds a lot less depressing. Where I'm at in the midwest, reading "The Stand" or any bestseller practically makes someone a brainiac.
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Originally Posted by Hellmark
However, everyone on this site is in the minority. How many people attempt to read at least 100 books a year here? You see the counters in the signatures. Studies from the past few years have shown that 27% of people have not read a single book in a year's time, and that only 57% complete at least one book per year. When you have that many people not reading, who would want to buy a device for just reading?
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Those numbers might only be the percentages of those who've admitted they don't bother reading. The real figures might be much worse.