The total supply of good books and good content in general increases every year but the amount of time people spend consuming content is roughly constant.
New books are not just competing with all of the books that were written in the past, e.g. East of Eden, but also YouTube, podcasts, movies, computer and mobile game - and the total supply of those increases every year.
New books are not just competing with all of the books that were written in the past, e.g. East of Eden, but also YouTube, podcasts, movies, computer and mobile game - and the total supply of those increases every year.