Originally Posted by
saintgomi
The number 60 doesn't surprise me at all. Surveys have shown that most americans never finish another book after they graduate from high school. The ones who do read, read a bestseller or two a year, books like Harry Potter and The DaVinici Code. Statistically, the entire american book industry is supported by the 20 percent of the population who read or, at least, buy more than a book or two a year. Given the statistics, 60+ books over a lifetime is a huge number. Real readers will laugh at that number, but real readers are rarer and rarer creatures, at least in the US.
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