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> Obviously I think that the combination of value and quantity of books today is much higher in the past, you don't need to nitpick my phrasing.

It's not obvious at all when all you mentioned was quantity (two times in a row). And I think the reason that was all you mentioned is because that's the only 'obvious' increased metric you have. Not to mention, there are many other things that are different now, so chalking it all up to copyright and publishers is illogical.

> Additionally, the book industry has been in its new peak of written work since before AI became good in 2020.

Again, you're making claims about 'peak' and 'book health', etc. without actually defining what that means... is it supposed to be 'obvious'?

> Its 2024. An author doesn't need a publisher outside of academia if they want to publish a book for free.

That entirely depends on the situation.