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Originally Posted by Fbone
Reports have also said people are reading (and buying) less than ever before. There are probably multiple reasons. Time constraints, income loss, disasters, movies, gaming, texting, disinterest and death of the older reading generation.
Movie studios, TV networks, video game makers, and computer vendors all have fluctuating sales. Publishing is no different. A lack of a few bestsellers in one year will depress sales.
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The first time I can recall breathless reports of the decline of reading and that even those who read
anything were reading puerile rubbish was when I was growing up...in the 1970s. The decline of reading has long been CW and the reasons given were many of the ones you listed. Even S. Jobs confidently proclaimed back in 2008 that the Kindle would fail because "no one reads any more." He was incorrect. If he were alive to repeat the statement today, he would still be incorrect.