{"id":137959,"date":"2019-06-16T16:50:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T14:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/?p=137959"},"modified":"2023-09-21T18:22:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:22:46","slug":"americans-read-more-summer-2019-study-barnes-noble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/americans-read-more-summer-2019-study-barnes-noble\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans will swap cellphones for books this summer, study reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Americans-plan-to-read-this-summer.jpg?resize=540%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Americans plan to read this summer\" class=\"wp-image-137966\" width=\"540\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Americans-plan-to-read-this-summer.jpg?resize=540%2C320&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Americans-plan-to-read-this-summer.jpg?resize=220%2C130&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Americans-plan-to-read-this-summer.jpg?resize=768%2C455&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Americans-plan-to-read-this-summer.jpg?resize=160%2C95&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Americans-plan-to-read-this-summer.jpg?w=840&amp;ssl=1 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Barnes &amp; Noble commissioned Atomik Research to conduct an online survey of 1,502 adults in the United States who plan to read a book this summer \/ Image: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freepik.com\/free-photo\/young-people-standing-with-books-reading-it-discussing-content_4680336.htm\">Freepik<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lead\"><strong>This summer, eight out of ten American readers are planning on putting away their smartphones and burying themselves in books instead, a new survey by Barnes &amp; Noble reveals.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an independent study conducted on 1,500 reading adults, many are hoping to find some extra time to read this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-background has-system-sans-serif-font-family is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:#dedede;border-width:1px;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-top:1em;padding-right:1.5em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1.5em\"><ul class=\"has-dates has-small-font-size wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/top-free-ebooks-christmas-2023\/'>Free ebooks for Christmas 2023: here are the top 20 downloads<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2023-12-15T14:05:39+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">Dec 15, 2023<\/time> <\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/best-personalized-library-gifts\/'>12 best personalized gifts for librarians and library supporters<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2023-11-18T11:11:37+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">Nov 18, 2023<\/time> <\/li><\/ul><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>As many as 38% are planning on reading one to three books this summer, while 37% hopes to read as much as four to six books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A vast majority (69%) will choose a print book, a quarter \u2013 an electronic device, while 7% will listen to an audiobook instead. Of those reading or listening on an electronic device, one-third will choose an e-reader, another third \u2013 a cellphone, and the rest will go with a tablet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost half of the subjects will go for mystery books, followed by the history genre (37%), fantasy (34%) and science fiction (33%). Additionally, fifteen percent of summer readers are planning on joining a book club, with seven percent already in one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sideinfo tx-bg tx-ff1 tx-300\">Parents are hoping their youngsters will ditch smartphones and videogames and choose books instead<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a survey conducted by Atomik Research earlier this year, nearly 90% of parents with children aged between 6 and 17 years old plan to ask their children not to spend their summer using electronic devices only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost half of them (44%) is hoping their kids get off the computer for more than three hours a day; one-fifth would be happy to see their kids device-free for one to two hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to reading, roughly one-third (35%) of surveyed parents are expecting their children to read four to six books this summer, while a quarter wants them to read ten or more books. Another quarter hopes their little ones will read at least one to three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Running out of ideas what to read this summer? Make sure to check out the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/b\/barnes-noble-stores-bestsellers\/_\/N-1p2x\">Barnes &amp; Noble bestseller list<\/a> for some inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Keep exploring:<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[ef-archive number=5 tag=&#8221;news&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer, eight out of ten American readers are planning on putting away their smartphones and burying themselves in books instead, a new survey by Barnes &#038; Noble reveals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":137966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[11544,11435,11511,11570],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Americans-plan-to-read-this-summer.jpg?fit=840%2C498&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdOQhx-zT9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137959"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137959"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137969,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137959\/revisions\/137969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}