GoKawiilCommentary disputes Atlantic's reading-decline piece, faults publishers' own choices
A media critique responds to The Atlantic's essay 'The End of Reading Is Here,' which traces literacy decline through history and blames tech and schools for falling reading habits. The response argues the piece ignores the publishing industry's own role in the decline, including pricing, printing and distribution decisions, and notes that executives who recently announced the death of the mass-market paperback also avoided self-blame, instead citing shifting consumer behavior.