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Originally Posted by howyoudoin
Actually, considering rising literacy levels outside the developed world, it stands to reason that printed book consumption would be at an all-time high currently.
Then there's rise in population worldwide. What was it? 1 billion in 30 years or so?
Honestly, if these two factors aren't reason enough for traditional publishers to celebrate, you know they're really digging themselves into a hole.
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I haven't looked into this specifically, but many developed countries (Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy, as well as China) are seeing population decline. It's only in India, the U.S., the African countries, and Indonesia among others that population will increase. I wouldn't be surprised if the final tally showed an increasing proportion of non-readers.