<US sales of business books.
2006 ? substantial growth predicted
2005 ? $1.14 billion
2004 - $1.11 billion, $828.6 million
2003 - $800 million
2000 ? $862 million, $911 million
1997 - $726 million
References:
Projections for 2006 higher still. At the 799-store Barnes & Noble
chain, business buyer David Hathaway says sales of business books are
growing "substantially."
Source: Publishers weekly.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6327025.html?pubdate=4%2F24%2F2006&display=archive
1. Business books in 2004 (covering domestic U.S. and export sales data):
$1.11 billion net revenues (+4% over 2003; 3.9% of total net revenues).
59.8 million units (+1.7%; 2.6% total units)
2. Projections for 2005:
$1.14 billion;
59.9 million units.
Source: Book Industry Trends 2005
http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/0505/msg04387.html
2004 - $828.6 million
Source: Bowker.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/88/built-to-last-fasttake2.html
2004 ? sales of business books up 41%
Source: 800-CEO-READ
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/02-08-2005/0002986478&EDATE
2003 - $800 million
Source: Simba Information Inc.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/167972_builttolast07.html
Revenue for the consumer business book market grew from $726 million
in 1997 to $911 million in 2000. Then fell to $851.8 million in 2001.
Source : Simba Information.
http://www.forbes.com/2002/10/02/1002bookbiz.html
2000 ? sales of business books grew 8.9% to reach $862 million.
http://www.writenews.com/2000/090800_simba_ebookdemand.htm
Business book title output 1999-2004.
1999 final: 3789.
2000 final: 4068.
2001 final: 5023.
2002 final: 5028.
2003 final: 5339.
2004 (preliminary; will be revised): 5626.
Source: Bowker.
http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/0506/msg00002.html
Report
Business of Consumer Book Publishing 2005. Simba Information.
Price: $2,390
This report includes information on the size of the business book category.
http://www.simbanet.com/publications/tables/bcbp_2005_toc.htm
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US sales of self help books
2005 - $868 million
2003 - $640 million
2000 - $611 million
1999 - $588 million
1997 - $538 million
2005
According to Bowker's Books in Print, a publishing industry data
service, there are close to 32,000 self-help titles in print in the
United States today. Americans spent a whopping $668 million on
self-help books in 2005, a 44 percent increase over 10 years earlier.
http://www.womenshealthmag.com/article/0,6176,s1-21-80-789-1-P,00.htmlhelp.htm
2003 - $640 million
Source: Common Sense Doesn?t Come Cheap. Figures taken from a Michael
Shermer article for Scientific American.
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/publishing/common_sense_doesnt_come_cheap_37969.asp
1999 - $588 million
Source: Mediawiley.com
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:5PjtEWljUqsJ:media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/09/04708351/0470835109.pdf+books+%22self+help+market%22+million&hl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=9
1997 - $538 million
Source: Simba Information.
http://www.www.parapublishing.com/sites/para/resources/statistics.cfm
After 50-percent growth in the last four years, SHAM is an $8.56
billion industry. Marketdata Enterprises, a group that tracks major
cultural trends, expects the self-improvement business to grow to $12
billion by 2008. Between 3,500 and 4,000 new self-help books appeared
on bookshelves in 2003.
http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:fRvBgPCVqGgJ:www.shambhalasun.com/Archives/Reviews/Feature%2520Reviews/sham.htm+%22self+help+books%22+billion&hl=nl&gl=be&ct=clnk&cd=14
This report gives a breakdown of the self ?improvement market by segments for 2003.
General motivational, spiritual, self help 55%
Business/financial 12.4%
Stress management 4.5%
Weight loss 15.1%
Exercise 13%
2000 sales of self help books - $611 million.
Self improvement market yearly growth rate ? 7.9% to 2008
Source: Market Data Enterprises.
http://www.mkt-data-ent.com/pressreleases/Self-Improvement%20Market%20PR%2002-20-2004.doc>
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