The argument is a relative one. "No one reads books" is like saying "everyone watches TV". Neither are true, but practically, they are close enough to the truth

The argument is a relative one. "No one reads books" is like saying "everyone watches TV". Neither are true, but practically, they are close enough to the truth to draw reasonably accurate conclusions from. For instance, you can conclude that Apple wouldn't release a dedicated reading device (as Amazon has) because the market is relatively small, being the union of "people who read", "people willing to read on an electronic device", and "people who can afford a dedicated reading electronic device", as opposed to (say) "people who use the web" and "people who listen to music or watch tv or watch movies". (I don't agree with the parent post, incidentally, as people who read the news as opposed to watching the news are a dying breed.) As for libraries--they're quite obviously an argument against a reading device.