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46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023

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Re: 46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023

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Post by rpncreator »

rfarley04 wrote: post #3

But all my friends on Goodreads are claiming to finish a book a week Are... Are they LYING?? No one lies on the internet. EDIT: Wow I guess I hit a, nerve. Sorry folks. I use Goodreads and finish about a book a month. So I don't think a book a week is unreasonable/impossible. I just meant to allude to the fact that the platform has gotten a lot of attention for review bombing and profile manipulation. Anyways, here i…

Audiobooks, my friend.

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Post by patrickmay »

rfarley04 wrote: post #3

But all my friends on Goodreads are claiming to finish a book a week Are... Are they LYING?? No one lies on the internet. EDIT: Wow I guess I hit a, nerve. Sorry folks. I use Goodreads and finish about a book a month. So I don't think a book a week is unreasonable/impossible. I just meant to allude to the fact that the platform has gotten a lot of attention for review bombing and profile manipulation. Anyways, here i…

I finish about a book a week, reading a couple of hours a night before sleep. It's not unreasonable.

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Post by plasma_beam »

46% didn’t read a book, or didn’t finish a book? There’s a distinction between the two, and I’m in the latter. Have several unfinished at the moment. I don’t feel guilty though, I read all day, busy job, young kids, life. By the time I sit down to read a book, I’m head nodding within minutes. I look forward to retirement some day.

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Post by abtinf »

This is the source study and a much better overview: https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/48239-54-per...

And that also links to the real data.

Toplines: https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econtoplines...

Crosstabs: https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabRepor...

49% of Americans read at least 2 books.

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Post by Extropy_ »

arnaudsm wrote: post #8

Why do we obsess so much over legacy form factors? Watching movies, listening to 2h conference talks, playing a 60h narrative videogame, and reading scientific papers in PDF may not be as noble, but they are equally meaningful to me.

Because most of the great intellectual works exist in these "legacy form factors."

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Post by bowsamic »

rfarley04 wrote: post #3

But all my friends on Goodreads are claiming to finish a book a week Are... Are they LYING?? No one lies on the internet. EDIT: Wow I guess I hit a, nerve. Sorry folks. I use Goodreads and finish about a book a month. So I don't think a book a week is unreasonable/impossible. I just meant to allude to the fact that the platform has gotten a lot of attention for review bombing and profile manipulation. Anyways, here i…

My mum is on that rate when she's not super busy, so I don't think that's a lie. Some people read like machines
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