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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Totally agreeing with this.
I think I am on track for at least 50 books. Most people I know are on track for either 1 or 0.
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I literally winced when reading your "most people" figures, though they are painfully familiar.
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However, I am somewhat heartened by the fact that many people in the "1 or 0" category - headcount unknown, but certainly a non-trivial number - aren't "non-readers" but rather read, some voraciously, content not captured in your figures. Much has been written about
why reading matters, and the people of whom I write - from various walks of life - read copious quantities of written content that's not counted as "books", such as case studies, financial reports, government/legal/regulatory documents, manuals, educational/training materials, periodicals (newspapers/magazines/journals), drafts/proposals/submissions of various kinds, and various other business-professional-academic-entertainment industry-and/or-technical publications. No doubt multiple parties make a pretty penny from producing/publishing/distributing/licensing/optioning such content, and counted among such parties are entities that produce/publish/sell books.