Just consider for a moment the plight of the individual critic or editor or literary podcaster or anyone else who really cares about new books, and the existential pain of knowing that you will never get to read even a small percentage of them.
According to Kristen McLean of Bookscan, in 2022 most book publishing revenue came from a very narrow band of publishing successes in the top 8 to 10 percent of new books.
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