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Old 03-10-2009, 06:54 PM   #111
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Originally Posted by Moejoe View Post
... I knew lots of people who bought the DaVinci Code and read it, and picked up a bestseller on the way to a holiday, but they don't have bookshelves at home, they don't spend spare income on books over say, movies, video games and DVD....
I am not sure what this proves?

Nothing has changed. A century or two ago, the equivalent demographics did not have libraries either, and were likely to be barely literate. They didn't have much leisure time, but spent a full day in fields, or in the factories. They spent their meager disposable income on beer, not on books.
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