What Do Booksellers Make Of “The End Of Reading”?

If you haven’t yet encountered the cover story for the August issue of The Atlantic , I have some bad news to share: " The End of Reading Is Here ." It’s an intentionally provocative headline for a slightly less provocative story; while it may portend doom, Rose Horowitch’s piece makes a smaller claim than its headline. She speaks more of a “decline of reading,” and, in a nod to Marshall McLuhan,