[nverno]

To me, the obvious answer is women read much more than men nowadays, so it's unsurprising more women also enter into the book business. The article is searching for some sort of conflict between the sexes, but provides nothing substantial to support one.

[endisneigh]

> women read much more than men nowadays

Citation needed. This suggests it’s within 5 percent of each other.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/249781/book-reading-popu...

[nverno]

> The demand for books in the US is also disproportionately driven by women. Surveys over at least the last couple decades have consistently found that American women are more likely to read books than American men, especially when it comes to fiction.

It's in the article, with citations. I just accepted that as a given, from my own anecdotal experience.

[endisneigh]

That does not mean that women read “much more” than men. In the cited articles the difference is less than 10 percent. That wouldn’t explain the discrepancy in publishing.

Not to much that what’s being measured specifically are fiction novels.

Regardless of the answer there’s clearly enough for an article here.

[prepend]

Women account for 80% of fiction sales in the US, UK, and Canada [0].

The stats mentioned show that women are more likely to read at least one book by 5% margin, but they buy many more books. The sales show how much more they buy.

[0] https://www.tonerbuzz.com/blog/book-and-reading-statistics/