The parallel to performing arts is the most plausible, yet optimistic counter I've seen to "people don't read books anymore." Fiction has its Harry Potters just

The parallel to performing arts is the most plausible, yet optimistic counter I've seen to "people don't read books anymore." Fiction has its Harry Potters just as theater has its Wickeds, and Patreon is set to enable the closest literary equivalent to an urban live theater scene.