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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
I'm going to raise hackles with this but.....Maybe too many writers? Writing has a low barrier of entry, and there is enormous amounts of books already in existance, both current and in the past (more readily available used today than any time in the past). Factor in less reading time because of so many other options....Too many writers (living and dead) chasing too few readers?
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Too few readers, to be sure. Too many writers may be technically accurate but I don't think that's a situation we want to be in, do we? Book sales continue to fall, regardless of the number of authors. (Unless you're writing a fantasy romance with vampires/werewolves/etc.)