1. Why people don’t
Read BOOKS

2. W al l know t hat w can gai n know edge by r eadi ng l ot s of books. I f you
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al r eady r ead l ot s of book you can def i ni t el y deal w t h al l t he t r i al s
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t hat com i n your ever yday l i f e. Books can al so hel p peopl e t o be
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successf ul i n t hei r l i f e. O good exam e i s school ; School pr ovi des
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books f or ever y st udent t o hel p t hemon t hei r st udi es. Books can hel p
peopl e i n so m di f f er ent w
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ays l i ke i f you w
ant t o know how t o cook a
cer t ai n di sh, you can buy a cook book t o know al l t he st eps. I f you ar e
st udyi ng i n col l ege, your school sur el y pr ovi des a book f or you cour se.
R
eadi ng books can al so hel ps ever y r eader t o f or get about t hei r
pr obl em N
s. ovel s ar e usual l y t he t ype of book t hat ent er t ai ns r eader s.
You can sear ch and gai n t he know edge t hat you w
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ant i n a book. Book
sel l er s al so post t hei r best sel l i ng books onl i ne. Tr y t o see t hemand
maybe there is one that will suit your interest. There are still people who don’t
r ead book, see t he possi bl e r easons bel ow
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3. Here are some
Possible Reasons
why People don’t
Read Books

4. Time
Most people are very busy that’s why they don’t have time to read books
especially if they have a job. What’s i n t hei r m nd i s, t hey j ust t ake a r est
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and sl eep w
hen t hey got hom i nst ead of r eadi ng books. For exam e, you
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ar e a har d w ki ng per son and you ar e ver y dedi cat ed i n your j ob and
or
you al w
ays w
ant t o be w t h your f am l y af t er your w k. The possi bl e
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or
t hi ng t hat you w l l do i s you w l l choose t o spend your spar e t i m
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havi ng f un w t h your f am l y i nst ead of spendi ng t i m r eadi ng books.
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5. Budget
This is also one of the reasons why people don’t read books. Most people don’t
have money for buying a new book to read. Especially to a person who don’t
have a job or a source of earning money. Most people who don’t have budget
for buying book think that they’ll j ust spend t hei r m
oney on per sonal
r easons l i ke spendi ng t he m
oney on f ood, per sonal t hi ngs or expenses
i n t he house l i ke el ect r i ci t y and w er .
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6. Internet
You can f i nd l ot s of i nf or m i on i n t he i nt er net , i f you w
at
ant t o know
about a certain subject or topic, you can easily search it online. This is also one
of the main reasons why people don’t r ead books. You can def i ni t el y see
w
hat you w
ant i n an i nst ant by j ust sur f i ng on t he i nt er net . Because of
t he t echnol ogy w have now
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adays, m peopl e r el y m on t he i nt er net
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uch
because t hey j ust si t i n f r ont of t hei r com er and i n f ew cl i cks;
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t hey can f i nd t he answ t hat t hey w .
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7. Interest
There are people who read books because it’s t hei r hobby. Ther e ar e al so
people who just read books in times that they only want to know a certain thing
but not often. Most people don’t r ead books because i t i s not r eal l y t hei r
hobby. Ever y per son has t hei r hobby t hat m
akes t hemhappy or
ent er t ai ned l i ke, pl ayi ng spor t s, goi ng out w t h f r i ends, pl ayi ng
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computer games or they just choose to watch television that reading books.
Maybe people think that they’ll j ust spend t hei r t i m doi ng t hi ngs t hat
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t hey usual l y do t han t o r ead books especi al l y i f t hey w
ant t o do
st uf f s t hat i nvol ve a gr oup act i vi t y.

8. Reading Skills
This is also one of the main reasons why people don’t r ead books. I f a per son
has poor r eadi ng ski l l s, t hey w l l sur el y have a har d t i m f i ni shi ng
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or under st andi ng a book. I f t hey can absor b w
hat t hey ar e r eadi ng, t hey
w l l sur el y st op r eadi ng and f ocus t hei r at t ent i on on t hi ngs t hat
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w l l m t hement er t ai ned or happy. Al so, w
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ake
hen a per son usual l y
encounter words that is hard to understand, they usually get discouraged and
they think that they won’t be abl e t o r ead pr oper l y because t hey ar e poor
i n vocabul ar y.

9. Personal Problems
There are also some people who don’t r ead books because of t hei r
per sonal pr obl em W a per son has a pr obl em t hey usual l y t hi nk of
s. hen
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it every day. Their problem stocks in their mind and the possible thing that
usually happen is they can’t focus on other things. For example, they have a
family problem, even if they read books, they won’t be abl e t o r ead pr oper l y
and absor b ever yt hi ng t hey r ead because t hey keep on t hi nki ng about
t hei r pr obl em
.

10. Movies
There are lots of novels nowadays that already became a movie. It is also a
reason why people don’t bot her t o r ead novel s or books. M
aybe t hey t hi nk
that it is more enjoyable to watch the novel as a movie that to read it. One good
example is the novel “Harry Potter” Most people don’t know t hat H r y
ar
Pot t er i s f i r st r el ease as a novel bef or e i t becam a m e. M
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aybe
peopl e al so choose t o w ch t he novel as a m e t hat t o r ead i t s book
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because t he book has no i m and t hey ar e havi ng a har d t i m
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vi sual i zi ng t he st or y.

11. If you really want to read books, you should start now. If you just think of all
those reasons, you won’t be able to start reading. Reading books is very
important for every person. There are still lots of information that you don’t
know w ch you cannot l ear n i n school . I f you w
hi
ant t o st ar t r eadi ng and
you w
ant an i nt er est i ng book, I r ecom end Pet er Andr ew Sacco because
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he i s a good aut hor and hi s books ar e am ng and i nt er est i ng.
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12. Additional Tips
• You can still read books even if you have a work, you can spend 5 or 10
minutes reading on your break time. You don’t need t o r ush on f i ni shi ng
t he book.
• If you don’t have enough m
oney t o buy a new book, you can go i nt o a
l i br ar y and bor r ow books. You can al so ask your f r i ends i f t hey have a
book t hat you can bor r ow
.
• Al t hough i nt er net i s ver y r el i abl e, you st i l l need t o have a book.
W i f t her e i s a pow shor t age i n your ar ea?
hat
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• As m i oned above, books can hel p t o f or get your pr obl em t r y t o set
ent
s,
asi de your pr obl emand f ocus on your book.
• M peopl e choose t o r ead t he book of t he novel t hat al r eady becam
ost
e
a movie, because sometimes, there are scenes in the book that wasn’t show i n
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t he m e.
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