Reading addict

When was the last time you found yourself reading a book for pleasure? In today’s technological age, reading a book for the joy of it has fallen to the wayside. The book industry has suffered because reading has been replaced by simple and easier tasks like movie watching and video games, and yet the small hardcore group of die hard readers is just enough to keep some publishing companies afloat.

When reading is of interest, publishing companies can generally find a simple niche group who will respond to written material. However, there has been a great struggle for the small publishing houses to stay alive. While there are so many young and talented writers emerging, their books are left unpublished. This is not because they aren’t writing fantastic books. It is because publishing houses can’t find enough people willing to pick up a book for the pleasure and education of reading.

History has proven that as we read books from the past, we learn much about the writing and life of how it once was. English classes still offer an in depth study of reading material from the greats. It is quite unfortunate that the generation after this one will have so many great talents left unpublished and that the electronic generations will never know the great stories left untold. Reading gives us more insight to the world, our history, and our future than nearly any other medium and it has become a rapidly dying, albeit cherished art.