Books Can't Compete

Here’s a depressing and blunt comment from Larry McMurtry, speaking not only as a novelist but as a bookstore owner (it’s an interview):
The end of the culture of the book. I’m pessimistic. Mainly it’s the flow of people into my bookshop in Archer City. They’re almost always people over 40.
I don’t see kids, and I don’t see kids reading. I think little kids love to have stories read to them, but when they get to 10 or 11 or 12, they ... Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
3.4
by Kaizar Campwala - Jan. 23, 2009

My problem with this piece is that we don't see the hard data to back this up. It's true that kids are flooded with new electronic media, but it's not entirely obvious how book-reading is effected by this. I've seen a lot of contradictory reports on this issue but nothing conclusive.

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