Teen book boom and American consumerism...for the good of the reader?

  (This is a preview of a small on-going project concerning Young Adolescent novels and the spike in consumerist ideals surrounding the industry.)
   
     To be a part of the 21st century is to surely take notice of the massive influx in the, now, fully bloomed Young Adult/Adolescent fiction genre of literature. Especially being an adolescent or teenager in the early 2000's, one was increasingly subjected to the likes of Harry Potter as well as Bella Swan in the Twilight series. And, how is one at this age supposed to examine this rapid push to read series books and suddenly become popular by doing so in the process?
     Have we seen a new culture emerge entirely from YA literature written and paired with movies perhaps to promote literature and reading for a group that is always staunchly categorized as "non-readers," or has it become another ploy to extricate any disposable income from a group learning responsibility and accountability? If so, if we indeed have overlooked the literature itself and instead have been inherently focused on the money making aspect, where does that leave the literature? How, in the last 15 years, has this shaped the importance of literature to a truly budding age group wrestling with maturity? When the movie is seen but the book does not get read is that leaving space for criticism and critical thinking, or is that point-of-view simply residue?
     As it becomes increasingly marketed, Young Adolescent fiction has surely changed the landscape of literature as a whole, but we see, too, it continues (maybe unknowingly) to alienate lovers of literature, thus changing focus entirely on how adolescents think about novels and think about fiction.