There was a recent 2-year period in which I was either unemployed or semi-employed, and I've never read as much as I did in that time. I think a lot of people's mentality is that because reading takes up a lot of time, they ought to get an easy reward out of it, which is why even literary fiction is turning more YA-like these days. While the affirmation art philosophy is increasingly common in all art forms, it seems most prevalent in literature, for the reason above.
Yeah I think we’re getting there. I was on a long flight the other day and there was only one other person out of over a hundred reading. I feel like it used to be more like 20%
There was a recent 2-year period in which I was either unemployed or semi-employed, and I've never read as much as I did in that time. I think a lot of people's mentality is that because reading takes up a lot of time, they ought to get an easy reward out of it, which is why even literary fiction is turning more YA-like these days. While the affirmation art philosophy is increasingly common in all art forms, it seems most prevalent in literature, for the reason above.
I think if publishing is to survive it will have to be saved by crypto-rich NEETs.
The Mars Review of Cookbooks
We would review a cookbook if it were notable.
In all seriousness this was an interesting and bleak breakdown. Maybe one day having books will be a niche hobby like collecting vacuums
Yeah I think we’re getting there. I was on a long flight the other day and there was only one other person out of over a hundred reading. I feel like it used to be more like 20%
Good stuff. This other article may be a useful companion piece to the present one. Not sure if you have to be a subscriber or not to read it: https://www.the-hinternet.com/p/books-become-games