The thesis is that we read small bits of text all day, rather than books. If anyone has a graph to show a decline in book consumption, I'd be interested to see

The thesis is that we read small bits of text all day, rather than books. If anyone has a graph to show a decline in book consumption, I'd be interested to see it. In my personal experience, I am much more aware of all sorts of books that I would like to take a look at, and it is much easier to do a quick search. There are many more places that I see book recommendations. Reviews and mentions are much more plentiful. And of course tech books have exploded in the post-internet era. My book consumption (reading) is way up because the all the local libraries are connected in a network that pools all their catalogs, and I have an enormous selection of books. My book buying is probably about the same, but more informed since I can be more careful about the books I want to have permanently.