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I cannot put my finger on any single point of origin, but my Biblioracle senses have been detecting something of a publishing slump. The objective data say that my senses deceive me, as the Association of American Publishers recently reported that sales in the first six months of the year were 3.9% higher than the comparable period last year. But in talking to some folks who work up and down the industry — publishers, agents, writers and booksellers — there’s a sense that some energy has been lacking, and when asked, they had a hard time identifying a book or author that had recently lit the readership on fire. This connects with my own anecdotal data when I ask folks what they’re reading.