Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Self-Publishing and EBooks Continue Strong Growth

From Dan Poynter’s industry e-newsletter, December, 2013:

SELF-PUBLISHING AND EBOOKS CONTINUE STRONG GROWTH
2012 ISBN’s show nearly 60% more self-published works than in 2011. The number of
self-published titles in 2012 jumped to more than 391,000, up 59% over 2011 and
422% over 2007.

Ebooks continue to gain on print, comprising 40% of the ISBNs that were publ
ished in 2012, up from 11% in 2007. Smashwords was the top producer of ebooks.

See the fascinating numbers at

http://www.bowker.com/assets/downloads/products/selfpublishingpubcounts_2007_201
2.pdf


http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/bowker-smashwords-is-top-producer-of-ebooks

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