23 sats \ 1 reply \ @rtr 23 Apr \ on: No one buys books - lessons from the publishing industry BooksAndArticles
It's not exactly a surprise that book sales are going down.
Reading is just not appealing enough in this world dominated by YouTube and Tiktok. We are primarily visual creatures and we tend to do things that require the least amount of effort to accomplish. Watching something takes less effort than reading and visualizing what you read in your head.
It doesn't help that kids nowadays are more attuned to watching rather than reading. Most parents today just get an iPad and shove that into their kids' faces whenever they have a temper tantrum.
Not to say that I'm not guilty of binge watching YouTube. It's a bad habit and it really takes active effort to get off it.
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6 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hamstr 23 Apr
eh... I hate youtube and don't watch it. I used to watch disney whenever I eat food. but god its so hard to find show. I literally reject 20 shows to find one. and they bought Hulu and now that's trash as well. I watch disney now to watch animal documentary cause that's the only thing thats more interesting then the shit they put out.
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