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1/3 of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives.
42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college.
80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year.
70 percent of U.S. adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.
57 percent of new books are not read to completion.
70 percent of books published do not earn back their advance.
70 percent of the books published do not make a profit.
53 percent read fiction, 43 percent read nonfiction. The favorite fiction category is mystery and suspense, at 19 percent.
55 percent of fiction is bought by women, 45 percent by men.
About 120,000 books are published each year in the U.S.
A successful fiction book sells 5,000 copies.
A successful nonfiction book sells 7,500 copies.
On average, a bookstore browser spends 8 seconds looking at a book's front cover and 15 seconds looking at the back cover.
Each day in the U.S., people spend 4 hours watching TV, 3 hours listening to the radio and 14 minutes reading magazines.
After reading these stats it makes you wonder why you would even want to write a book, but don't ever have your dream squashed by the world. I encourage everyone to continue writing. You matter and your words matter.
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Haha, we're special alright! :ridingtheshortbus:ALynnPowers wrote:These are awesome! Thank you so much!
It makes me realize how all of us on this site are minorities!
We should feel special!
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I find it interesting that high school graduates read more than college graduates after their school years. Maybe that has something to do with the older generation. I know very few people, outside of here, who read but the ones that I do know are all over 55. Many men and especial;ly women of that generation did not go to college.
On a side note, I want to know why I am never picked for these surveys. I have never been part of a big survey
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ylisa7 wrote:Thanks for the info.
I find it interesting that high school graduates read more than college graduates after their school years. Maybe that has something to do with the older generation. I know very few people, outside of here, who read but the ones that I do know are all over 55. Many men and especial;ly women of that generation did not go to college.
On a side note, I want to know why I am never picked for these surveys. I have never been part of a big survey
Me neither! If they asked all of us, the results might have been quite a bit different?
What if they were standing outside of a drug rehab facility while they asked these questions or something? Not that there is anything wrong with that... but I'm just saying. Location matters...
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ALynnPowers wrote:ylisa7 wrote:Thanks for the info.
I find it interesting that high school graduates read more than college graduates after their school years. Maybe that has something to do with the older generation. I know very few people, outside of here, who read but the ones that I do know are all over 55. Many men and especial;ly women of that generation did not go to college.
On a side note, I want to know why I am never picked for these surveys. I have never been part of a big survey
Me neither! If they asked all of us, the results might have been quite a bit different?
What if they were standing outside of a drug rehab facility while they asked these questions or something? Not that there is anything wrong with that... but I'm just saying. Location matters...
That's the problem with surveys. They can be very misleading but I still love reading them
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That's true!ylisa7 wrote:
That's the problem with surveys. They can be very misleading but I still love reading them
Or they could just be made up completely! Whoa. And we would never know that!