Reading in present days - is it in good trend?

"Reading in present days - is it in good trend?" This is the million dollar question for the present writers and publishers. It is evident that the population is increasing day by day but the books publication is going on decreasing why? All of us knows very well. The reading habbits are becoming thinner in the present busy and cosmic world. Voluntary reading rates are dropping - reading skills are "worsening" among teens - adults are becoming less proficient readers.

People who's life is all about books and reading. It is the trend that we have to download the pages from the net and read. One way it is an advantage for the booklovers to get the books they want on a single click but is it convenient to read on the desktop is also a burning issue of the book lovers. On the other hand we have to read most of the unwanted stuff on the net for getting an useful information. Books will improve the knowledge and culture of the people more importantly, on the development of young minds and young readers.

The present world is reading much more than the preceders but what stuff they are reading? Email, Web Sites, Blogs, Instant Messaging, and Social Networks have created an explosion of words and creativity. The percentage of the required information from these stuff is it worth to read them? This is the time to think as the time is the only unreclycled resource for the people.

Look around any Starbucks and count the number of people typing on laptops, PDAs and cellphones. Count those reading newspapers. If they are not reading, what exactly are they doing? My email, RSS feeds and blogs provide me with more reading material in one day than it used to get in an entire month. It could say that this is all work related and not in any sense voluntary.

Everyday, people online follow links that take them to very strange places. It is so easy to intrigued with some weird factoid and go off on a reading tangent totally unrelated to anything! They are making new friends online within seconds. Is this friendship is true? I donot say againt net friendship may be one in thousands may be true and becomes true, but majority of these cases are false. They simply time pass. Is the time is that much useless to pass for an unproductive work? If any body looses a single penny they worries much why can't they bother for loosing a valuable time.

Electronic reading propels literacy and information to the next level. It takes a one dimensional object and adds to it participation, sound and movement to create a richer, multidimensional experience. I have always loved books; that is unlikely to change anytime soon. And yet, I find myself increasing feeling claustrophobic and impatient with print. It has been a long time since I picked up a magazine or newspaper.

Consciously, or unconsciously, we are all in the process of examining and redefining how and why we read. Books are good friends because they always with you, they doesn't even ask you to offer cool drink, pizza. By reading books one can enjoy the ultimate feeling they can take you to the rich himalayan atmosphere, sandy sahara decerts just in few moments without visa or passport and not buying any ticket.