Why aren’t people reading books anymore? | E-Book - Goodereader

Michael Kozlowski, Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader explains, There is a growing number of people who simply aren’t reading books anymore. There are no set reasons why this occurs, some are forced to read books in English class and simply don’t read anymore. Others don’t read books, but read news articles and blog posts online, but not books. Why is this the case?

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TGI consumer research from Kantar Media released in 2019 suggests just 51% of adults in the UK read at least one book in the previous year. Not only is this a decrease from 56% in the prior year, it also means 49% – essentially half – of adults in the UK didn’t read a single book in a full 12 months.

Pew Research Centre suggests US citizens are reading substantially more books,  with just 27% of Americans saying they did not read a book in 2019, but the Pew research pool was small, only interviewing a few thousand people and does not represent what is truly happening in the US...

As David Denby pointed out in an essay in the New Yorker, “millions of (pre-teen) kids have read the Harry Potter books, The Lord of the Rings, and other fantasy novels. But when they become 12 or 13, they often stop reading seriously. The boys veer off into sports or computer games, the girls into friendship in all its wrenching mysteries and satisfactions of favour and exclusion. . . Teenage time on screens has increased to the point where it takes over many young lives altogether.”
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