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Re:Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria: The Traged... by dschnurr on Saturday April 22, 2017 @01:38PM (#14173625)
I thought that number sounded low as well, but it sort of checks out after doing back of the hand math. 130M books / 107B people that ever lived = 0.0012 books/person, 1:1000 book to person ratio.
Re:Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria: The Traged... by roryisok on Saturday April 22, 2017 @02:06PM (#14173775)
Checks out. I'm a struggling author who has written approximately 0.0012 books