The article was simplistic and myopic. Few facts, reactionary, terribly unconvincing.
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Originally Posted by Katsunami
Because one cannot read an infinite amount of books.
If people who read 50 books a year, mainly in the Fantasy genre because of Rowling, are now reading (some) Crime genre books, also because of Rowling, they will read less Fantasy if they keep reading 50 books a year.
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It's not about ONE PERSON. It's about the industry. If Rowling's continued success keeps people interested in books in general, they stay relevant and maintain better profits.
It's not just a fight between books, it's a fight between every form of entertainment for everyone's free time. Even if Rowling's books hog the attention span of the populace, it's at least directing their gaze in the direction that the industry wants. It's not Rowling's fault that authors and publishers can't harness that correctly.