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Monday, July 10, 2006
Weird publishing facts
Credible? Eh... entertaining! Here are four random samples of the (mostly un-annotated) factoids about the publishing industry and reading in general.
59% of the customers plan to purchase a specific book when entering a bookstore.
--Book industry Study Group. Publishing for Profit by Tom Woll, page 170.
The library market was $3-billion in 1993.
Of the top fifty books, fiction outsells nonfiction about 60% to 40%. Fiction peaks in July at 70% but nonfiction reaches almost 50% in December.
--USA Today, April 30, 1999.
A typical advance for a computer book is $10,000.
--Chicago Tribune, June 21, 1998.
