A good auld- fashioned book burnin'
One-third of high school graduates never read another
book for the rest of their lives.
58% of the US adult population never reads another book
after high school.
42% of college graduates never read another book.
80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year.
70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last
five years.
57% of new books are not read to completion.
Most readers do not get past page 18 in a book they have
purchased.
70% of Americans haven't visited a bookstore in five (5)
years.
Customers 55 and older account for more than one-third of
all books bought.
People reduced their time reading between 1996 and 2001
to 2.1 hours/month.
2001: per capita spending on books per month was $7.18.
Only 32% of the U.S. population has ever been in a
bookstore.
(All stats collated by Dan Poynter at
http://parapub.com/statistics/)
book for the rest of their lives.
58% of the US adult population never reads another book
after high school.
42% of college graduates never read another book.
80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year.
70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last
five years.
57% of new books are not read to completion.
Most readers do not get past page 18 in a book they have
purchased.
70% of Americans haven't visited a bookstore in five (5)
years.
Customers 55 and older account for more than one-third of
all books bought.
People reduced their time reading between 1996 and 2001
to 2.1 hours/month.
2001: per capita spending on books per month was $7.18.
Only 32% of the U.S. population has ever been in a
bookstore.
(All stats collated by Dan Poynter at
http://parapub.com/statistics/)