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beacon294
3 days ago
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Why to Not Write a Book
That's like 3 million missed books in the US alone. I agree with the argument, though. And the number may be reasonable.
gizajob
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You're assuming that 0.1% can still get the thing finished and out there, given a success rate of around 1/100 between people who want to write a book and those that actually complete it, the number of missed books is probably closer to 3000.
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tempfile
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0.1% of the US is 300k (and less than 100% of people have considered writing a book).
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