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I guess my book will make it 129,864,881

Posted By Eric Sammons On August 9, 2010 @ 9:00 am In Books | Comments Disabled

Fascinating information for all bibliophiles like myself: Google has determined that 129,864,880 different books have been published ^[1] in the entire history of publishing. Other interesting facts:

Books have been published in about 480 languages (including 3 in the Klingon language).
20% of all books are in the public domain.
10-15% of all books are currently in print.
The rest are out-of-print but still under copyright.

I figure I have read perhaps 2,000 books in my lifetime, which is approximately 0.001540062% of all books ever published. I sure have some work to do!

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