DH and I were in Europe this spring and noticed how many more people there were reading books. On a bus in London, every person had a book or paper, not one person on a phone. The same thing at cafes.
There seemed to be more book shops, and definitely more newstands, in Europe. I noticed especially in the U.K.that there are a great many more magazines than we have here.
I don't know why Americans seem to prefer playing on their phones to reading. Maybe we spend too many years in school and feel it becomes a chore
I prefer paper to digital media, but Hoopla and Library2go are sure handy.
My imagination doesn't work as well when I'm reading on my tablet; it's harder to get fully absorbed.
Books use very little device memory as compared with apps or photos.