>want to be a writer and become as good as shakespeare >remember

>over $65 billion revenue in non-educational non-professional book sales worldwide and keeps rising
>dead art form

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>>9340515
>wanting to be a professional writer

>>9340515
>nobody reads anymore
>highest literacy rate the world has ever seen
choose one

More people read today than in any point of history. More people read works of Shakespeare last year than people who had read Shakespeare in his lifetime

>>9340523
sauce?

>>9340536
https://www.statista.com/statistics/304243/global-print-and-e-book-revenue-by-type-consumer-educational-professional/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/280249/global-e-book-revenue-by-region/

>>9340549
>ebooks

>>9340523
>salesfag
>not accounting for inflation
Sales do not determine the quality of a book as we have seen with many classics

>>9340515
>shakespeare intended his plays to be read
>acting is dead
Not sure if bait.

>>9340515
>shakespreare
>good
kek

>>9340515
yeah dude everybody read the fuck out of Shakespeare in his day dude what a shame that nobody reads Shakespeare anymore

>>9340565
>Shakespeare
>Not the second coming of Jesus
Fuck off.

>>9340561
>contrarian
>putting words in my mouth
Never said anything about quality.

>>9340515
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/09/millennials-are-out-reading-older-generations/379934/

>>9340586
delet