Asterisk Magazine’s current issue is about books. Here’s what the magazine editors have to say about those fiber and ink bundles:
Books are sources of great and enduring pleasure, but is it really a loss to society if people find their fun elsewhere? One can read for information, but – much as we hate to admit it – some of the best-informed people we know don’t bother with full-length books. Too often modern nonfiction is more an excuse for a press tour than anything else. And sure: reading is probably good for our attention spans, but we don’t want to justify reading the same way doctors prescribe exercise.
And yet.
Here is some speculation why reading is declining.
Nehaveigur 