>100,000+ new novels are published every year
wew
>about 5 are actually good
Out of 300,000 books published a year, approximately 250 of those books are actually bought. Most new books go unread, cumulating to millions of unread books, mounting and mounting, making new books pointless.
>>9319311
Apologies: Not 250 books bought, but new books only sell 250 copies.
>>9319282
*1, sometimes 2
Sturgeon's Law is 100% true, most people are dumb normie hacks who want to write genre fiction. We are only blessed with genius a few times
a century
what a fantastic and unethical waste of paper