I’m all for physical books, but it’s also counter-intuitive to admonish digital reading. Libraries have digital options, and like the article quotes (in a different context, but the point stands): whatever gets someone to read it worth it. I was on a plane the other day reading my physical book next to a younger woman (20s? idk) reading a book on her phone. We got to talking about what we were each reading and had a great chat about our TBR lists.
AngusMcTibbins on
Hell ya. Reading is awesome and libraries are awesome. Glad to see the younger generation agrees
PXG13 on
I love reading, but have a very busy life these days. I’ve turned to audiobooks, and I don’t know if I’ll ever go back to sitting and reading as much as I used to.
BulbasaurusThe7th on
I’m so over this bullshit, made up, fake “fight” between books in different formats.
No_Tomorrow7180 on
I think Gen Z are very much about people being able to see what they’re doing. That’s not to say they don’t genuinely enjoy reading, but they definitely want to be able to take a nicely lit photo of the book to stick on instagram, or be “papped” with one if they’re any way famous.
Buying physical copies of books is good for the publishing industry, whether they’re being read or just photographed. It’s great to know that library usage is way up too. I’d assume that’s down to the consumerism conversation that happens online every now and then. If we can steer them away from the likes of Amazon and into actual book shops, it all seems like a positive thing.
A lot of the more prolific book social media people will always admit that part of the reason they’re able to read so many books in a year is by listening to audiobooks, so I don’t think that medium is dying off any time soon.
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I’m all for physical books, but it’s also counter-intuitive to admonish digital reading. Libraries have digital options, and like the article quotes (in a different context, but the point stands): whatever gets someone to read it worth it. I was on a plane the other day reading my physical book next to a younger woman (20s? idk) reading a book on her phone. We got to talking about what we were each reading and had a great chat about our TBR lists.
Hell ya. Reading is awesome and libraries are awesome. Glad to see the younger generation agrees
I love reading, but have a very busy life these days. I’ve turned to audiobooks, and I don’t know if I’ll ever go back to sitting and reading as much as I used to.
I’m so over this bullshit, made up, fake “fight” between books in different formats.
I think Gen Z are very much about people being able to see what they’re doing. That’s not to say they don’t genuinely enjoy reading, but they definitely want to be able to take a nicely lit photo of the book to stick on instagram, or be “papped” with one if they’re any way famous.
Buying physical copies of books is good for the publishing industry, whether they’re being read or just photographed. It’s great to know that library usage is way up too. I’d assume that’s down to the consumerism conversation that happens online every now and then. If we can steer them away from the likes of Amazon and into actual book shops, it all seems like a positive thing.
A lot of the more prolific book social media people will always admit that part of the reason they’re able to read so many books in a year is by listening to audiobooks, so I don’t think that medium is dying off any time soon.