It's daunting to realize that three million books were published in the U.S. last year when under 300,000 were published fifteen years ago. And that the average book sells under 1,000 copies. I'm glad I started publishing books well before Amazon became a behemoth, before self-publishing, and before AI.
It's daunting to realize that three million books were published in the U.S. last year when under 300,000 were published fifteen years ago. And that the average book sells under 1,000 copies. I'm glad I started publishing books well before Amazon became a behemoth, before self-publishing, and before AI.
The barrier to entry is so much lower for publishing but I think the big publishers are publishing more as well
If they are, the back list still makes up 70% of their income, according to recent figures.