alex_zag_al comments on Why Academic Papers Are A Terrible Discussion Forum - Less Wrong

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Comment author: alex_zag_al 22 June 2012 08:25:05PM *  0 points [-]

More broadly, the print run of most academic books is very small, only a few hundred or so. The average Less Wrong post gets more views than that.

Don't equate print run with readership. I don't know any individuals with academic books, but my university's library is full of them - if a book gets bought by a few hundred university libraries, it's potentially going to be read by far more than a few hundred people.