Who is Reading Books (and who is not)
One-third of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives. Many do not even graduate from high school.
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.
--Jerrold Jenkins. http://www.JenkinsGroup.com
This list was found in :
http://parapublishing.com/sites/para/resources/statistics.cfm
The entire site is pretty interesting. It tells a lot about the book market and about America.
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