This wiki, eBookNotes @Wiki, includes abridgedments of non-fiction and fiction books that focus on important ideas. The motivation behind the idea for a book abridgement is to facilitate knowledge acquisition for the vast number of people who lack the time to read the demanding unabridged version. Go to Amazon.com, read almost any review and you will invariably find many reviews that exhorts the book as required reading. Sum all the required reading and you will arrive an unrealistic expectation.
Startling Facts About American Book Reading1
1/3 of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives.
42% of college graduates never read another book after college.
80% of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year.
70% of U.S. adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.
57% of new books are not read to completion.
70% of books published do not earn back their advance.
70% of the books published do not make a profit.
A successful fiction book sells 5,000 copies.
A successful nonfiction book sells 7,500 copies. (American population: 300 million)
About 120,000 books are published each year in the U.S. (not startling, just needed to provide perspective)
Quotes On the Subjects of Books and Knowledge
I've Written More Books Than I've Read. - Lou Holtz, on CBS Sports (College Football)(2008 or 2009)
I'm prepared to tell you that Americans are getting fatter and dumber. I have no problem saying that. - Mike Gravel (2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate) to Bill Maher, debate moderator
Americans profess to be religious yet they are profoundly ignorant of their own religion. - Stephen Prothero, Religious Literacy
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