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A Novel Writer’s Guide to Showing & Narration

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Interesting Industry Facts

The New York Times reported that “According to a recent survey, 81% of people feel that they have a book in them…and should write it.” If you do the math, that represents over 200 million people in the U.S. who want to write a book in their lifetime! No wonder self-publishing is thriving as never before!

 new survey found that 23% of readers polled have visited an author’s web site, while only 18% have gone to a publisher’s site.

The largest growth area in publishing is currently eBooks. In January 2006, eBook sales jumped by over 50%.


Statistics provided by publishers to the Association of American Publishers revealed that net sales in February 2006 were at $358.4 million, up 12.3% over the same period in 2005. Genre leaders were higher education and adult mass market paperback.

Statistics provided by publishers to the Association of American Publishers revealed that net sales in February 2006 were at $358.4 million, up 12.3% over the same period in 2005. Genre leaders were higher education and adult mass market paperback.

Half of all (Print) books sold today are to people over the age of 45

The average Romance Fan reads more than 20 novels a month

Only 1% of writers who finish a manuscript will ever submit to a publisher

There are 11 000+ non corporate publishers in the USA

There are about 1.5 million books in print at any one time in the U.S

The report, released in April of 2005, reveals that approximately 63,000 SMALL PRESS publishers generate aggregate sales of $14.2 billion.

The Big Publishers 3,600 in the US, with annual revenues of $1 million to $49.9 million, generated ONLY $11.5 billion on the total.

As of 2005, romance fiction is responsible for 48% of all paperbacks sold, bringing in $1.41 billion a year.

Annual consumer expenditures of books will reach $44 billion by 2008

78% of titles brought out come from a small press or self-publisher

Women buy 68% of all books sold

64% of book buyers say a book’s being on a bestseller list is not important

It takes an average of 475 hours to write a novel. Fiction is considered successful if it sells 5,000 copies. Writing a nonfiction book requires about 725 hours. A nonfiction book is deemed successful when it reaches 7,500 copies sold.

It is predicted that online book sales will double between 2003 and 2008, going from $2.8 billion in late 2003 to $5.5 billion in 2008.