Eight in 10 Spaniards prefer 'turning pages' to e-books, and 35% never read at all
Sunday, January 18, 2015 @ 10:02 PM
EIGHT in 10 Spaniards prefer reading books in paper format rather than on Kindles or other e-books – and, in fact, 15.5% say they do not even know what a Kindle is.
According to a survey on reading habits by the Sociological Investigation Centre (CIS), a total of 79.7% still like 'turning pages' rather than reading off a screen.
In fact, two-thirds – 66.3% - say they have never read using an e-book, only 15.2% say they preferred digital over paper but just 11.1% called themselves 'habitual' e-book readers.
The research also shows that 35% of the population never reads for pleasure and only 29.3% do so daily.
About 16% read once or twice a week.
Main reasons for not reading were because they did not enjoy it or were not interested, in 42% of cases, whilst 23.2% cited lack of time to do so and 12.9% said they had health problems such as poor eyesight which prevented them from doing so.
More than six in 10 – 61.6% - said if they did read, it was for pleasure, but 12.8% did so to educate themselves.
Little information has been given about favourite genres of fiction – 23.6% like historical novels the best and 17.9% said they enjoyed 'a bit of everything' or fiction 'in general'.
Adventure stories appealed to 9%, whilst detective novels were the favourites in 7.6% of cases and 6% tend to opt for romantic fiction.
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