A total of 211,269 print and e-book self-published titles were published in 2011, but their publishing methodology make them difficult to put quantify in terms of value.
American Publishing Revenue Grows 5.6 Percent Since 2008
The publishing industry in the United States has grown since 2008 thanks to increased sales of e-books, fiction and higher education books.
#BEA11: New Data Shows Growth Across the Publishing Industry
By Hannah Johnson Today, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) presented a new statistics report called BookStats, aimed at providing more complete data to the publishing industry. The aim of the report, according to Dominique Raccah of Sourcebooks, will be to show “how publishers develop, repurpose and recast content.” The full report will …
Book Industry Study Group: The Rosetta Stone of the Publishing Industry
BISG is focused on producing actionable data that will make a difference to people’s day-to-day business. Their next conference, this Thursday, focuses on innovation. By Edward Nawotka “BISG’s job is, to borrow an analogy from music, to increase the ratio of signal to noise in the publishing industry,” says Scott Lubeck, Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group. “Or, …