As Mark Twain credited Benjamin Disraeli with saying: "Lies, damned lies, and statistics"   Many have refuted the validity of those numbers. Lincoln Michel does a good analysis of "Why It’s So Easy to Mislead with Book Statistics" as part of:   countercraft.substack.com/p/yes-people...

Yes, People Do Buy Books

Despite viral claims, Americans buy over a billion books a year

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