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How many bookcases are there in your home?

dougw

How often do you get a book from a bookcase in your home?

I like books, but they are definitely declining in my life. I seem to acquire a book, read it and then just store it, I don't tend to re-read them.

I have 11 bookcases with a total of 52 shelves, but only about half are used for books. It is not a pleasant thought to think I really don't need any bookcases.

I also do a lot of online reading and I have a kindle and a Kobo.

Have you gone paperless?

Have you switched entirely to video?

How many minutes a day do you listen to a radio?

How often do you touch your smart phone in a day?

Do you watch more video on your smart phone than your TV?

Do you have a landline?

Do you still read newspapers?

Does all your content now come from the Internet? 

My kids would answer all of these questions very differently from me.

I am trying to get some insight into how changing demographics will dictate what will be popular on this forum.

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  • dougw said:

    How often do you get a book from a bookcase in your home?

    Only when I need to look up something, usually it's faster than Google. Not often though, maybe once every few months?

    dougw said:

    Have you gone paperless?

    I'm reading some books from my kindle to be honest, mainly because it has a backlight.

    dougw said:

    Have you switched entirely to video?

    I do watch more videos than I do read books, but then I read more forums and blog posts than I watch videos.

    dougw said:

    How many minutes a day do you listen to a radio?

    Unless I'm in the car alone, I don't listen to the radio.

    dougw said:

    How often do you touch your smart phone in a day?

    It's always in my pocket, but usually I pick it up on work breaks, or when I need to use two factor auth.

    dougw said:

    Do you watch more video on your smart phone than your TV?

    Yeah, I don't have a television. In the UK you need a TV License to watch live broadcast television, and I don't have one.

    I watch more video on my desktop computer than I do on my smart phone, and watch more on my smart phone than I do on my TV.

    dougw said:

    Do you have a landline?

    No. Cheaper to have broadband only.

    dougw said:

    Do you still read newspapers?

    Last time I read a newspaper was probably 2005-2010 when there was a free one available on the bus when I took it to the city centre.

    dougw said:

    Does all your content now come from the Internet? 

    No, it also comes from books, or other people. Frankly I miss having an easily accessible local library. The nearest one is in the city, and I now live in a "commuter town" which has a 'corner shop' and that's it. It's homes everywhere, and some cows. 

  • in reply to cstanton

    "Frankly I miss having an easily accessible local library."

    I live in a town, circa 150k population, with zero bookshops (the last one closed quite a few years ago), there's a WHSmith which doesn't count. Really depressing.

  • in reply to shabaz

    That reminds me how depressing I find large airports that do not have a single book for sale. It is an alarming trend. I would even be okay with a WHSmith.

  • in reply to dougw

    Years ago I used to always buy a book when going through the airport on a long trip, but as you say no more.  Seattle has a good public library system, including a fair number of electronic copies that can be checked out.  When I was still travelling quite a bit I would load up books up on my iPad from the library before getting to the airport.

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  • in reply to dougw

    Years ago I used to always buy a book when going through the airport on a long trip, but as you say no more.  Seattle has a good public library system, including a fair number of electronic copies that can be checked out.  When I was still travelling quite a bit I would load up books up on my iPad from the library before getting to the airport.

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