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Originally Posted by medard
Why do you think that? Have you read every book you bought in 2012? Bestselling author Umberto Eco once said in an interview in the late 80ies that he thinks that arround 10% of every sold copy of his books will be read.
In this specific case that would be 7 Mio people. Now this is a trilogy and most people buy all three volumes, so let's say 2 - 2.5 Mio people actually read this stuff worldwide.
This is a rough guess of course but don't forget: It's a trilogy. It's not 70 Mio. people that bought the books, but 70 Mio copies sold which is something different.
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I did say possibly
But the people know who have bought the book(s) seem to be still lending them to others.
My library has 81 copies of the first ebook and has 215 people on hold. So at least 81 people a month are borrowing the book . I am sure that many other libraries (over 10,000 in North America) have similar numbers. My library is not the largest. And I am sure they have paper copies as well.
Then there is the second hand bookstore distribution. I don't think that saying 100 million people
possibly read the book is that far fetched.
As far as people reading all three books goes, my library has only 27 copies of the second book and 123 people on hold, and a mere 6 copies of the third book with 3 available copies. This proves nothing, but seems to at least indicate that far fewer people are interested in reading the second book and hardly any are reading the third. (British Columbia Libraries)
And yes I do read every fiction book I buy and have finished all of the 2012 ones. That is why I buy them.
Helen