The Death, and Life, of Reading Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (2016)

Re:The Death, and Life, of Reading Have Been Greatly Exagger... by ACow_Adonis on Monday July 30, 2018 @06:48PM (#17648887)

The median is apparently something like "4 or 5 books" a year.

A YEAR.

In a virtue-signalling survey that will illicit higher responses than we might otherwise expect (self reported rates of untested things seen as "good" tend to be over-report on such surveys, while rates of things seen as "bad" then to be under-reported), i think that actually supports the authors point.

Especially when he/she mentions people with a stack of books on their bedstand or whom pack their kindles with multiple books at a time for holidaying.

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Re:The Death, and Life, of Reading Have Been Greatly Exagger... by bigpicture on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @09:16AM (#17652866)

> virtue-signalling survey

Oh, well in that case... I probably read an average of 4 to 5 books a day (to my young children) while drinking fair-trade coffee, on my American-made couch with vegan-friendly upholstery, lit by energy-efficient LED lighting that changes color temperature with my circadian rhythm.

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Re:The Death, and Life, of Reading Have Been Greatly Exagger... by maneesh on Monday July 30, 2018 @06:50PM (#17648902)

I'm confused. Do you think 4 or 5 books a year is a lot, or a little?

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Re:The Death, and Life, of Reading Have Been Greatly Exagger... by ACow_Adonis on Monday July 30, 2018 @07:06PM (#17649005)

I think its appreciably close to nothing (including both the number of books many people will be made to read while at compulsory schooling and education, and I also think its close the kind of number of books a non-reader would respond to such a survey when making up an number given that they really don't read in any practical amount).

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Re:The Death, and Life, of Reading Have Been Greatly Exagger... by zith18 on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @09:44AM (#17653037)

I think the real number is close to 0-1 books read a year for most people. 5-6 books read a year would be much more then the average person in my estimation.

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