Is Book Publishing Dying? An Author's View 📚

In which John discusses the decline of book publishing, and whether it may prove permanent.
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CORRECTION: All Call of Duty games COMBINED have sold over 500,000,000 copies, not just CoD Black Ops 6. Sorry for the mistake.
SOURCES:
Pew's most recent survey on U.S. adult reading habits: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/01/06/three-in-ten-americans-now-read-e-books/

PW article on number of copies sold in 2024: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/96842-print-book-sales-saw-a-small-sales-increase-in-2024.html

PW article on the somewhat concerning decline in year over year sales this year: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/98843-publishing-sales-hit-a-wall-in-july.html



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