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SamuelAdamstoday at 2:46 PM3 repliesview on HN

The same argument could be made for the book industry, where there are centuries of content available. And yet, people still read new books.


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bombcartoday at 2:58 PM

IIRC the book merger lawsuits, they don’t really read many new books. Many are published few are bought.

PaulDavisThe1sttoday at 3:28 PM

I think book sales are significantly down compared to most periods in the last 50-100 years? Still a culturally significant thing, but economically not what they used to be ...

edgyquanttoday at 3:16 PM

It often is made, an the vast majority of new books are slop