Comments on: Sales of print books have increased nearly twenty-five per cent from a decade ago https://www.isegoria.net/2026/11/sales-of-print-books-have-increased-nearly-twenty-five-per-cent-from-a-decade-ago/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:11:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bruce https://www.isegoria.net/2026/11/sales-of-print-books-have-increased-nearly-twenty-five-per-cent-from-a-decade-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-3763232 Bruce Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:11:15 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=54867#comment-3763232 Scott Alexander made the point that everyone texting all the time is at least practicing basic literacy.

And everyone who uses social media instead of television video news is reading, like reading the papers fifty years ago.

Kurt Vonnegut used to say that if you walked into a house and saw his books or Tolkein’s, it didn’t mean they were reading the stuff. It was just furniture for a certain sort of person. But some were reading.

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