are books dead guys? i feel like most people who read books nowadays

>>9155104
In a way, yes. The average person can be entertained so much more readily in a myriad of ways, why bother with the effort of reading (seriously, this is how they think, even if they can't articulate it)

>>9155104
shit's BEEN dead homie

I don't think reading is properly taught. As I recall, we were taught the basic bitch stuff such at reading metaphors and crap like that, but never actually how to enjoy a work of literature. It's hard to explain.

Secondly I'm sure there are many great books being published right now, the problem is that there's such a vast amount of books being released that it makes it harder to find a good one. Not to mention all the ones that get much publicity tend to be the sort that appeal to middle-aged women that think Harry Potter is the best.

Compared to when? When Medieval monks were the only people who could read and write? The industrial era when 99% of people were illiterate factory and farm workers?
Victorians reading penny dreadfuls? Reading was never popular.

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>>9155141
>thinking factory workers were generally illiterate

>>9155104
books never die, they only wait

>>9155104
There's so much more to books than just novels. I'm reading like four poetry books right now and a few philosophy books. Those things will last for a lot longer. Poetry is one of the genres that actually benefits from being in print and same with philosophy because that shits super dry and needs to be put down and picked up all the time.