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No one buys books (www.elysian.press)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by UngodlyAudrey@beehaw.org to c/literature@beehaw.org

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Not sure I like the "Netflix of books" suggestion(libraries exist!), but I thought this was interesting.

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[–] TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago

My bank account tells a different story.

But seriously an interesting article! I had no idea that such a huge swath of books simply aren’t profitable, even for the big publishers. Wild!