Hello Grant,
R.R. Bowker ( www.bowker.com/bowkerWeb/ ) is the world’s leading
source for book, serial, and publishing data. This agency monitors the
book industry in the United States, and has the statistics you
require.
“Founded in 1872, R.R. Bowker is North America’s leading provider of
bibliographic information, and is also the official agency for
assigning ISBNs in the United States.”
There are 73,000 publishers in the U.S.
- 2002 total new titles and editions = 150,000
- 2002 general adult fiction = 17,000
- 2002 juvenile titles exceeded 10,000,
- 10,305 new publishers came on the scene in 2002
http://www.bowker.com/bowkerweb/Press_Releases/DecadeBookProd.htm
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Due to copyright reasons I can’t reproduce the following tables but I
am providing you with the direct link to each table.
U.S. Book Production, 1992-2002
Statistics compiled by Andrew Grabois, Senior Director Publisher
Relations & Content Development for RR Bowker
http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/BookProduction/DecadeBookProduction.html
US Trade Book Production, 1992-2002
Statistics compiled by Andrew Grabois, Senior Director Publisher
Relations & Content Development for RR Bowker
http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/bookproduction/trade.html
University Press Production, 1992-2002
Statistics compiled by Andrew Grabois, Senior Director Publisher
Relations & Content Development for RR Bowker
http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/bookproduction/university.html
The above tables are divided into the following categories:
AGRICULTURE
ARTS
BIOGRAPHY
BUSINESS
EDUCATION
FICTION
GENERAL WORKS
HISTORY
HOME ECONOMICS
JUVENILES
LANGUAGE
LAW
LITERATURE
MEDICINE
MUSIC
PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY
POETRY, DRAMA
RELIGION
SCIENCE
SOCIOLOGY, ECONOMICS
SPORTS, RECREATION
TECHNOLOGY
TRAVEL
Here are a number of excellent Book Production Graphs:
http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/BookProduction/BookProductionGraphs.html
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Sales
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The Association of American Publishers provides the following sales
statistics for 2002:
- U.S. book sales totaled $26,874,100,000 in 2002
- Total trade sales $6.93 billion
- Adult trade hardbound sales ($2.94 billion)
- Paperbound sales ($2.16 billion)
- Juvenile hardbound sales ($957.2 million)
- Paperbound sales $876.3 million.
- Elhi (elementary/high school) sales ($4.07 billion)
- Higher education sales $3.90 billion
- Standardized test ($268.2 million)
- Sales of professional and scholarly books $5.14 billion.
- Book clubs sales of $1.46 billion
- Mass market paperback sales ($1.73 billion)
- University press sales $392.6 million
- Mail order publications ($333.5 million)
- Sales of religious books $1.26 billion
- Subscription reference sales $797 million
Association of American Publishers (AAP)
http://www.publishers.org/industry/index.cfm
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Additional Sources of Information
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Bookwire also provides publishing statistics
http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/
American Booksellers Association: Industry Statistics
http://news.bookweb.org/m-bin/by_topic?topic_id=19
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FROM PUBLISHING TRENDS (APRIL 2003)
“They’re out there — all 73,000 of them — scrabbling for your
shelf-space, mucking up your mindshare. That’s the number of book
publishers in the US, according to Bowker’s Books in Print database,
and it has nearly doubled in the past decade.”
http://www.publishingtrends.com/copy/03/0304/0304small.html
Search Criteria:
Book Publishing Industry
Book Publishing Industry +statistics
Book Publishers +statistics
I hope the above information helps you in your research. If anything
is unclear or if a link does not function, please let me know and I’ll
be glad to offer further assistance.
Best Regards,
Bobbie7-ga |
