I am doing some research and would like some help finding the
following information.

Publishing Industry
1. How much money was generated in terms of sales dollars in the Book
   Publishing industry in 2004 and 2003.
2. How many books (volume) were sold in 2004 and 2003
3. Who are the major publishing companies in the publishing industry
   and what are their market share figures in terms of volume and
   percentage(%)2004 and 2003.
4. How many e-books were sold in 2003 and 2004. 
5. Best selling books in 2004 and 2003 overall. 

Music Industry
1. How much money was generated in terms of sales dollars in the music
   industry in 2004 and 2003.
2. How many albums (volume) were sold in 2004 and 2003
3.Best selling albums in 2004 and 2003 overall

Please include weblinks to help validate the above information.Mutiple
sources would be great to validate the figures.

 As a helpful hint I would check the RIAA and Billboard for music. I
would check Publishers Weekly and ABA for the publishing industry.

Please let me know if you need clarification. I hope the questions
seems pretty straightforward.

Thank you I look forward to some great answers.

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Request for Question Clarification by czh-ga on 07 Feb 2005 18:03 PST

Hello yosh123-ga,

I suggest that you close this question and post two new ones -- one
for each industry you're asking about. You are much more likely to get
an answer that way. I also recommend that you review the Google
Answers pricing guidelines since you've asked a complex, multi-part
question at a price that's lower than what is usually appropriate for
such questions.

http://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html

Good luck.

~ czh ~