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Think About Your Own Book-Buying Habits
April 24, 2008
Before plunging too deep into your marketing campaign, be sure to take a hard look at your own book buying habits. When is the last time you bought a book by an unknown author? What motivated you to. . .
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Gak! In 2005 the United States produced nearly 175,000 new
titles. Even if the most intrepid of book consumers were able to read three books a day, they would only be
able to read about one percent of all the titles published that year. And let's face it, most of
our consumers aren't that reading-prolific.