It is pretty depressing. On a more positive note: if you look at this list of books published per country per year, the UK does pretty well (even better if you

It is pretty depressing. On a more positive note: if you look at this list of books published per country per year, the UK does pretty well (even better if you divide the number of books by population) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_published_per_country_per_year http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_published_per_country_per... It suggests there is at least an appetite to purchase books in the UK - even if we're not reading them!