A survey by the Publishers Association found reading to be more popular than going to the cinema or browsing social media, coming second only to watching TV
More people plan to escape into books than go to the cinema this summer, new polling from the Publishers Association has found.
The survey by the trade body showed that a third (33%) of people think that books offer them the best form of escapism when they’re having a bad day, coming second only to watching television (54%).
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