Archive for the ‘By the Numbers’ Category

Oh Crikey, as if we needed even more proof…

July 10, 2006

Who is Reading Books (and who is not)

1/3 of US high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives. Many do not even graduate from high school.

58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school.

42% of college graduates never read another book.

80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year.

70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.

57% of new books are not read to completion.
–Jerrold Jenkins.
http://www.JenkinsGroup.com

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May 3, 2006

The number of mobile phones that were forgotten in London taxis in the last six months of 2005. [ITFacts, 2005]