Comments on: Half of Americans read a book in the last year https://www.isegoria.net/2019/10/half-of-americans-read-a-book-in-the-last-year/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Graham https://www.isegoria.net/2019/10/half-of-americans-read-a-book-in-the-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2983837 Graham Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:18:28 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45670#comment-2983837 I get that these surveys are all about gauging the health of popular reading as an amusement, and thus of the publishing sector. I actually appreciate they do not discriminate as to the quality or subject matter. Some surveys would narrow it to the overlapping categories of literary fiction or Oprahist fiction.

But still, I notice they eliminate work and school and don’t otherwise specify type of book. I was an avid reader of fiction and nonfiction most of my life, but when I was in university I read nothing unrelated to work or school for most of several years. Some of my most serious reading.

Today I do most of my reading online, sure mostly work material, some in article form, soem books related to work subjects every year. My fiction and purely pleasure reading is down. Unless you count old books read for free on Gutenberg, on my phone.

Dunno how that configuration would rate on surveys of “reading”.

]]> By: Sam J. https://www.isegoria.net/2019/10/half-of-americans-read-a-book-in-the-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2983606 Sam J. Tue, 15 Oct 2019 06:29:49 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45670#comment-2983606 That’s more than I thought would be the case.

]]> By: CVLR https://www.isegoria.net/2019/10/half-of-americans-read-a-book-in-the-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2982724 CVLR Sun, 13 Oct 2019 19:37:38 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=45670#comment-2982724 What kind of book?

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