Five Holiday Gifts --DeWese

Graphic Communications World is one of my favorite printing industry information sources. Your gift is a fascinating and shameful item from GCW's October 17th edition.

A study conducted by Jerrod Jenkins (www.JenkinsGroup.com) found that 58 percent of the U.S. population never read a book after high school. Forty-two percent of college graduates never read another book post-graduation. An astounding 80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year. Of all books purchased, 57 percent of new books are not read to completion and aren't even read past page 18. Finally, only 32 percent of the U.S. population has ever been in a book store. I think it was Benjamin Disraeli who wrote, "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes."