I had read the hobbit, Lord of the Rings, the Sil, and several other books multiple times before watching the movie, but did not find the sites such as this until after watching the Movie, and even then, i didn't get registered until this month.
As you can see, most people, more than half of the registered people, did not register until after the movies came out. However most people dont post much unless they have read the books. I dont think that the quality of the discussions has gone down a lot. I don't think that very many people will go out and read the books now when there are movies to watch, but in the months leading up to last december, the hobbit and the LotR all were on the top ten for sales, so there were many people at least buying the books. Just my two cents worth
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