Category Archives: Publishing

Market for eBooks… thus far

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When it comes to sales growth rates, completely new products have a vast advantage over mature products. Within the book business, eBooks are the new thing right now. As the publishing world races to keep up with the faster moving high technology world and its eReader offerings, the market for eBooks will likely show continued rapid growth over the next decade.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2003 and 2009
Market size: $19.7 million and $313.2 million respectively
Source: Association of American Publishers, 2009 S1 Report, February 2010, page 2 available online here.
Original source: AAP and Management Practice

Graphic Novels, Manga and Comic Books

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The market for what is now referred to broadly as “graphic novels” has grown strongly since 2000. Many factors contribute to this growth including such things as an explosive growth in the number of unique book titles published annually, the success of super hero movies, and a growing influence from the comic arts scenes in other countries where it has been a strong cultural outlet. In terms of revenue produced by the sales of these graphic products, market share breaks down by category as follows: comic periodicals, 27.5%; Manga, 12.4%, and other graphic novels, 60.2%.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: 3,162 unique titles and $1.130 billion sales
Source: Publishers Weekly, April 26, 2010, page 12
Original source: ICV2.com

Publishing of Catholic Liturgical Music

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Data show the number of Catholic liturgical music publishers in the United States in 2010. Those publishers include GIA Publications, OCP Publications, and World Library Publications, a division of J.S. Paluch.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2010
Market size: 3
Source: Mark Pattison, “Site Lets Liturgical Music Composers Sell Songs Directly to Musicians,” The Michigan Catholic, May 28, 2010, page 26

DVD Audio and Super Audio CD Market

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Data show shipments of titles in the DVD Audio and Super Audio CD formats. While these formats provide higher-quality audio than CDs or MP3s they are losing market share rapidly.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2003 and 2009
Market size: 1,700,000 and 200,000 respectively
Source: Joseph Plambeck, “In Mobile Age, Sound Quality Steps Back,” The New York Times, May 9, 2010 available online here.
Original source: Recording Industry Association of America

Size of the Independent Bookseller Market

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The data show the number of independent booksellers in the United States according to the American Booksellers Association.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 1999 and 2010
Market size: 3,250 and 1,400 respectively
Source: Ken Auletta, “Publish or Perish: Can the iPad Topple the Kindle, and Save the Book Business?” The New Yorker, April 26, 2010, pages 24-31
Original source: American Booksellers Association