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Originally Posted by emellaich
I haven't looked into this specifically, but many developed countries (Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy, as well as China) are seeing population decline. It's only in India, the U.S., the African countries, and Indonesia among others that population will increase. I wouldn't be surprised if the final tally showed an increasing proportion of non-readers.
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It's debatable about the proportion, but surely there's no disputing that the sheer number of readers are increasing? And if the huge majority of those new readers are from the developing world, they're more likely to be reading physical books, rather than e-books.
I realise this particular survey is US-centric, but IMO we've got to look world-wide before declaring the printed book dead.