Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings, feels that people like us have too much influence on the publishing industry: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/30/marlon-james-writers-of-colour-pander-white-woman-man-booker-event-brief-history-seven-killings
Interesting to me is the fact that 66% of fiction in the UK is bought by women. I assume this includes YA books and graphic novels (pretty small side pockets anyways). I'd like to see the gender breakdown for non-fiction - is it the reverse?
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