I remember reading an article a few months ago about how the vast majority of books published don’t make their production costs back. And this got me thinking. How many ‘new’ books do you read each year?
I’m not the most avid reader in the world (although, I’ve read 14 this year so, you know), but I’ve noticed that I rarely end up buying a book that’s brand new.
Some of this is marketing (I just don’t see potential new books), some of it is price (money is tight, new books can be expensive) and some of it is time (I work and have 2 young kids, I don’t have that much time to read any books, let alone the new bestsellers).
So my question: How do you consume your books. Are you a day 1 pre-order sort of reader, or do you keep a long list of books you’ll get to (maybe)?
I’s a mixed bag.
I’ve read a number of books when they were new. Some were OK, some were good (The Martian), and some sucked so much that I forgot their names.