Source: An article at the Outline shares statistics from the NPD Group (formerly Nielsen) that reflect how much print sales have declined during the first quarter of 2017 in the romance, graphic novel, and mass market paperback categories. (While the article is about the elimination of New York Times bestseller lists in these categories, there is no evidence this decline was caused by the changes at NYT.)
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