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Originally Posted by sirbruce
Oh, there are probably more books sold today than in the 50s, yes. (You know Heinlein wrote all the way into the 80s, right?) Again, getting back to the main point, times are tough, authors aren't making what they used to, and ebooks don't fully solve that problem.
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No, I didn't (Heinlein isn't really my thing, and I'm not from the US). That said, I still think there are too many authors ;-) And no, Ebook sales won't solve that problem, nor are they the problem. That is, I doubt that p2p can be blamed for such a substantial drop, and it saddens me that the "religion book segment" is seeing the most growth.
If you look at that list, you'll see that the heaviest drops occurred in the most expensive sections, and that it was, at least in the kid's book section, offset by a substantial increase in pback/mmp sales, so the total volume isn't down, just the number of sales with the highest margins. (and audiobooks aren't books :P)
I wonder why the "other" category grew so much, though.