Pleased by the following item in this week's edition of FOREWORD Magazine.
Released in April 2005, Under the Radar for the first time took the measure of the $14.2 billion of annual revenues of the 63,000 publishers with annual revenues of less than $50 million. How much of this sum will add to the present $28 billion industry sales metric is yet to be seen. Book Industry TRENDS 2006 will incorporate this data annually for the first time. BISG ANNOUNCES LANDMARK USED BOOK STUDY |
Of course, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the "big guys" in the fiction world (and sci fi in particular) are the "little guys" from the point of view of the publishing industry in general, since "$50 million or less" a year in revenues is a pretty hefty threshhold. But the item still suggests that increased activity by (relatively) smaller publishers is starting to register.
PS: As anyone who looks at Lynda Reads from time to time is aware, I love good books no matter who publishes them. I merely view the increase in smaller publishers as a healthy and natural change given the advent of enabling technologies and the diversity of the authors and readers in the world.
posted by Lynda at 14:12
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