On demand publishing is growing by leaps and bounds
05/22/09 10:44 Filed in: publishing
U.S.
book production rose and fell in 2008, according to
preliminary statistics released this morning by
Bowker. The number of new and revised titles produced
by traditional production methods fell 3% in 2008, to
275,232, but the number of on-demand and short run
titles soared 132%, to 285,394. The on-demand and
short run segment is the method typically used by
self-publishers as well as online publishers. With
the decline in the number of traditional books
released last year and the jump in on-demand, the
number of on-demand titles topped those of
traditional books for the first time. Taken together,
total output rose 38%, to 560,626 titles.
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