thread: 2009-10-27 : Book Publishing - Some Startling Numbers
On 2009-10-28, Emily wrote:
The Association of American Publishers has industry statistic reports. The 2008 page gives a link to a concise report with total sales revenue for books sold in various categories. Going from $22 million in 2002 to $24 mil in 2008, this is not a growth industry. With the exception of ebooks that is, which have gone from $7,337 to $113,220 in that time.
AAP 2008 Estimated Book Publishing Sales 2002-2008
I wonder if we fall under "other" or are completely off the map? AAP (which only has around 300 members) is starting to focus on independent publishing through meetings like this meeting they had in August, organized by their Small and Independent Publishers' (SIP) committtee.
And they have a Young to Publishing Group, which had an article on working Comic con in a recent newsletter. They are active in New York. Too bad it seems to be focused on mainstream publishing houses. Mix this with their SIP and it could be very useful.
