Print-on-demand books outnumbered traditional titles in 2008
Total output of books in the U.S. jumped by 38% in 2008, according to data from Bowker's Books in Print database, reported by Quill & Quire magazine.
The details are quite interesting: traditional book production actually fell 3%, to 275,232 titles; but on-demand and short run titles jumped 132% to 285,394. In other words, print-on-demand now outnumbers what we have thought of as book publishing.
The story says that,since 2002, production of print-on-demand books has leaped 774%, compared with 126% for traditional titles.
The details are quite interesting: traditional book production actually fell 3%, to 275,232 titles; but on-demand and short run titles jumped 132% to 285,394. In other words, print-on-demand now outnumbers what we have thought of as book publishing.
The story says that,since 2002, production of print-on-demand books has leaped 774%, compared with 126% for traditional titles.
posted by D. B. Scott at
3:44 pm
1 Comments:
To be clear, outnumbers in terms of titles.
Not in terms of revenue, copies in print, copies sold. It's still a very small part of the overall market.
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