Book data reveals most readers quit almost immediately

In 2014, mathematician Jordan Ellenberg invented a way to quantify something publishers and authors had long suspected: most people don't finish the books they buy. He called it the Hawking Index, named after Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History of Time,' famously dubbed 'the most unread book of all time.' — Read the rest
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