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Publishers Killed the Paperback, Then Blamed Readers

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Publishers Killed the Paperback, Then Blamed Readers
It seems every week a new piece about the decline and fall of the American reading habit goes viral. The idea that we’re entering a literary apocalypse that threatens to destabilize our democracy is perhaps overstated, but nobody is denying the book-reading trend is grim. In the most recent of adult skills, conducted in 2023, 28 percent of American adults scored at or below the lowest level of literacy — up from 19 …
12 Oct, 12:00
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