The Pew Research Center released their latest survey of Americans’ reading habits, conducted in March and April. (Note in particular that it is a survey — of 1,900 adults.) Liberated of the need to drive front-page narratives, the Pew data is fairly consistent with their previous findings. The less positive news is that, in line with a year with fewer “must read” hit books as of the spring, the percentage of Americans who read at least one book in either print or ebook form fell to 72 percent — down from 76 percent the year before, and 79 percent in 2011, […]
