Over three million books were published in the US in 2010 ( from available Bowker reports 2011). In addtion hundreds of thousands of English-language books are published each year outside the US. Book industry sales are declining and adult nonfiction print unit book sales peaked in 2007 and have declined each year since then ( Publishers Weekly Jan.12 2012) Similiarly, bookstore sales peaked in 2007 and have fallen each year since then. ( Publishers Weekly Feb. 14 2012).
Despite skyrocketing...
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