Thread: Ebooks in 2015: Trends and Forecasts
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Old 02-01-2015, 02:46 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Fbone View Post
68% of Americans read less than 10 books a year. If authors started writing 6 books a year, statistics show people would not be buying or reading them anyway.

For the rest there is a strong possibility some would borrow from the library or buy second hand. Or now use a subscription service.

Authors need to find ways to create new readers. I'm not convinced publishing hundreds of books is the way.
I agree. The ebook market is flooded with fiction. Writing more books solves nothing but keeping a writer busy.
As a reader, I have more ebooks than I could ever read right now. Even free ebooks don't interest me as they once did. I buy fewer ebooks now. With so many sources of entertainment books are losing readers. It is not like it was 40 years ago with crappy Television, few channels, no video games, no Internet for the masses. I honestly worry for the future of books, TV series and movies have largely become the "new books". And I say that as someone who loves books. I see a niche market for fewer and fewer readers not far down the road.
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