[IP] Wow, Americans really need to .... read!

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: dewayne@warpspeed.com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: June 3, 2007 9:45:44 AM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Wow, Americans really need to .... read!

[Note:  This item comes from reader Mike Cheponis.  DLH]

From: Mike Cheponis <mac@wireless.com>
Date: June 2, 2007 10:33:38 PM PDT
Subject: Wow, Americans really need to .... read!

<http://newpairodimes.blogspot.com/2007/06/u.html>  notes these facts:

1/3 of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of  
their lives.

42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college.

80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year.

70 percent of U.S. adults have not been in a bookstore in the last  
five years.

57 percent of new books are not read to completion.

YOWZA!!!


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