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Originally Posted by Fbone
For some.
The latest survey still shows readership is stagnant and no increase in books read.
Various reports may show more sales but apparently many books aren't being read.
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Now I wonder if that's effectively only for books read within the purchase eco-system. In my case, I tend not to read any of my Kobo-purchased titles on my Kobo (for a start, it's full) and load them onto my Icarus instead. Kindle books it depends on whether all the books in a series were purchased from Amazon or not - if not, then the Kindle version gets format-shifted to epub and read on the Icarus not the Kindle app. I then have a load of epubs purchased elsewhere which I read on the Icarus.
I will admit to having a significant number of unread purchases; however, it's often titles in a bundle where I've already read a print version and don't need to re-read immediately or it's other books in a bundle which I'm not really bothered about reading in the first place (worth buying the bundle for the 3 or 4 books I do want, the others are just padding). Also, often I'm purchasing a deal title to replace a print edition so again I don't need to read it immediately.