Out of the numerous issues that have negatively banged the book reading culture in our society, sky rocketing prices of books is significant among them. Apart from prices, with revolution in technology reading habits are changing across the globe, even e-versions of newspapers and online news resources have reduced the popularity of paper versions of newspapers. People have entrée to online newspapers early in the morning thus they prefer not to buy newspapers. Children under the age of 16 are choosing to spend their time amidst books. They have other things to do, chatting with their friends on the Internet, playing computer games and even watching TV.
It has been noticed that booking reading is becoming archaic and CD, DVD, and Internet culture is becoming more and more popular. Even a trend of reading soft copies or e-books of printed books is gaining an impetus. Reading is an energetic mental process – Unlike TV, books engage brain and enhances creativity. Books intricate on what one takes as small lumps of information from magazines, Internet posts or e-Mails; thus books make the hub and concentration better. Books can inflate horizons by providing information and are good source of education. Where formal education requires time commitments, books have no late-bells or hourly obligations. Books are cheap source of distraction and students can learn at their own pace.
On the other hand, it was believed that women read more literature than men do, but the survey indicates literary reading by both genders is declining. Only slightly more than one-third of adult males now read literature. Reading among women is also declining significantly, but at a slower rate.
Reading also affects our lifestyles. Fictitious readers are much more likely to be implicated in cultural, sports and volunteer activities than are non-readers. For example, literary readers are nearly three times as likely to attend a performing arts event, almost four times like to visit an art museum, more as two-and-a-half times as likely to do volunteer or charity work, and over one-and-a-half times as likely to attend or participate in sports activities. People who read more books tend to have the highest level of chipping in supplementary activities.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
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