1.   When you start talking about large conglomerates publishing fewer books, it makes people nervous, because it smacks of censorship.

2.   Fewer books will be published.

3.   Fewer books would be published.

4.   The upshot was that fewer books were cheaper online than in a store.

5.   As a result, many customers have cut expenses by buying fewer books.

6.   Fewer books were being produced in this language due to increased costs.

7.   The new buses, smaller than the original, were painted just as gaudily, though they house fewer books.