Here’s another one from the tarmac at Milan airport.

In 2009 there were 133,000 books published in the UK – a record number. However, just 500 authors (1%) were responsible for 30% of book sales. But if you think that’s a crazy statistic consider this one. In the US 1 in every 17 books sold since 2006 has been written by James Patterson. (From The New Yorker and Prospect magazines).