Swept Away by the Flow of Information

October 01, 2010

According to some sources (as yet unverified, yet still believable), each month 17,000 new books are published in the United States. Since each month averages 22 work days, that means nearly 775 books hit the market every day. Assuming an eight-hour work day, around 95 new books become available each hour. That’s 1.6 new books every working minute of every working day. Do you ever wonder if you might get swept away by the flow of information?

And now for the next bit: Great Britain publishes even more books than the US.