Frankfurt Book Fair 2016: PW Talks to Pew Research Center’s Lee Rainie about Reading in the Digital Age

No, the printed book is not dead—in fact, confirms the latest research from the Pew Research Center, print books are showing surprising staying power. But reading still faces stiff challenges from other electronic media, and beyond format changes, the Internet has forever changed the way people connect not only to books, but to each other. PW caught up Pew executive director Lee Rainie, to talk about Pew’s latest survey on people’s book reading habits, and the future of reading.