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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
The "bestseller" model is geared to the large populace who reads a bit, rather than the small populace that reads voraciously.
It's the niche publishers that feed the voracious readers.
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That's certainly true, but as the 'reads a bit' moves from 80% of the population reading a book per year to maybe 20% of the population reading a book once per year, things get difficult. The chase for the lowest common denominator turns into a dash down the plughole.