In much of Asia, reading is reinforced by education systems, politicians and personal ambition, says Karishma Vaswani for Bloomberg Opinion. SINGAPORE: The internet was supposed to kill off books. But across much of Asia, a booming market tells a different story.  The region doesn’t have a special affinity with reading. Demand is being driven by something more practical: a desire to get ahead. It’s also underpinned by rising literacy, an expanding middle class and the wider adoption of English