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Old 05-12-2009, 09:08 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by djgreedo View Post
So sales are slightly down?

There's a global recession, though I don't know how much that factors into the figures mentioned. Do those figures take into account recent months?
Sales have been "slightly down" for a decade once you adjust for inflation (see above). The recession certainly made it worse last year, but this has been an ongoing problem since the late 1990s.

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What about reading declining in general?
I agree this is a large part of it, but that doesn't help the publishing industry unless they embrace ebooks and get people used to reading them on their gadgets instead of video, websites, blogs, etc.

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