gen z has a addition to "new things" and since most new books are not great they are unlikely to want to read something old.

when you read you process the new material in relation to old stuff. social media has caused people to only want to see new stuff.

Wait: these are books per year? Are they sure? I used to read that per week.

I hope not. My son reads more than I did when I was his age.

Attention spans have gotten shorter alot, first it was TV now social media with shortform content.

We read webpages.