On the heels of my earlier musings, Booknet reports that in the past quarter Canadian sales for fiction were up 9%, while figures for non-fiction have dropped. Granted, we don't know what genres were responsible for this, or what authors. (As if Stephen King needs more readers, no offence.)
But it's an interesting development after years of agents and publishers telling us that nobody reads fiction anymore, and that trying to sell it is like flogging goutweed to a Maritime gardener.
So, thus bolstered, let's keep on keeping on.
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