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There are more books published today than ever before. 96% sold less than 1000 copies when published by the big publishing houses. I feel like that is the stron
by daedrdev 2y ago
There are more books published today than ever before. 96% sold less than 1000 copies when published by the big publishing houses. I feel like that is the strongest sign the market can give that there are too many authors or many of them aren't good enough.
https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books
- MinimalAction 2y ago"Good enough" by what metric? I mean all art is subjective. I agree your argument based on supply and demand. But, my point was that the creative adventures are not rewarded well enough in our system, and somehow things that are terribly meaningless like ad-optimization attracts so much revenue that companies don't know what to do with. This imbalance is upsetting.
- joseda-hg 2y agoEither that, or niches are booming and are getting properly served, either by passion or profit