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NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 1, 2016 BY Andrew Perrin FOR MEDIA OR OTHER INQUIRIES: Dana Page, Senior Communications Manager Lee Rainie, Director Internet, Science and Technology Research 202.419.4372 RECOMMENDED CITATION: Pew Research Center, September 2016, “Book Reading 2016” 1 PEW RESEARCH CENTER About Pew Research Center Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It does not take policy positions. The center conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. It studies U.S. politics and policy; journalism and media; internet, science and technology; religion and public life; Hispanic trends; global attitudes and trends; and U.S. social and demographic trends. All of the Center’s reports are available at HYPERLINK / . Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This report was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which received support for the project through a grant from the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation. The findings and conclusions contained within are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect positions or policies of the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation. ? Pew Research Center 2016 2 PEW RESEARCH CENTER Book Reading 2016 Americans today have an enormous variety of content available to them at any time of day, and this material is available in a number of formats and through a range of digitally connected devices. Yet even as the number of ways people spend their time has expanded, a Pew Research Center survey finds that the share of Americans who have read a book in the last 12 months (73%) has remained largely unchanged since 2012. And when people reach for a book, it is much more likely to be a traditional print book than a digital product. Fully 65% of Americans have read a print book in the last ye