I couldn't disagree with you more, not about Cuba, you're absolutely right about that, but when it comes to reading, nothing beats authors, they are the biggest readers in the world. How do you think they became authors?
I don't doubt that authors do read books. That's natural but the question is if they buy more books on this forum where everyone tries to push their own books.
So I still believe in this particular situation they are sellers not buyers. If you try to sell to a seller then good luck to you.