[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Froide

I answered this question above (and it's included in my profile, to the left of this post).


In response to patrickt: This data's relevant to your point, and interesting (IMHO):

Kathryn Zickuhr and Lee Rainie. (January 16, 2014). "E-Reading Rises as Device Ownership Jumps: A Snapshot of Reading in America in 2013". Pew Internet Research Project.

The article starts: "As of January 2014, some 76% of American adults ages 18 and older said that they read at least one book in the past year."

No way. Self-reporting is not reliable. I do not believe that 76% of the population 18 and older read at least one book if we're excluding comic books.

I know people who claim they read all the time on their IPad. If I asked what book they're reading, well, there isn't one right now. What book did you last read? Then it's either I don't remember or "Dreams of my Father." Right.

I read on my smartphone at odd times but I do not claim that I read on my smartphone. I'll have a glass of wine with dinner once a week or so and I don't say I drink.