Americans Want To Read More Books. Or Do They?
Book Riot - The Podcast
04/14/25
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Jeff and Rebecca talk about a big new survey of Americans' feelings about reading, before talking about a small but interesting change at PW, recent reading, and more.
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New NPR/Ipsos poll shows most Americans want to read more...and just don’t
PW now charging for review consideration
Laura McGrath on how publishing industry demographics compare to US population
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