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Originally Posted by JeremyZ
Great post bbb.
On the other hand, I think you're giving a lot of the public too much credit. I have a neighbor who is a typical American, and outside of work, he doesn't read AT ALL. He just watches TV for everything. It is kind of scary.
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Well, while many people may not read generally, they may do for specific purposes such as non fiction books like self help, management, How to, etc which all add into the final figure from which we get the average.
So a person who may not be reading as a rule may be at times be referring (reading) a reference book which coaunts as their annual book
I'll agree with you that dedicated readers have increased my reading. I used to read a lot of books, but a few yeas ago, work and school got so much that I was reading very few new books. Getting the Sony and the others later meant that I had a lot of novels available anytime which resulted in me reading and buying a lot more books (helped by the fact that I could actually buy good english language books in places where the selection is limited)