Romance and literary fiction are top genres as 391,000 books self-published in the US in 2012
Self-publishers get a bigger piece of the publishing pie, according to data released at the Frankfurt book fair. Photograph: Thomas Meyer/Demotix/Corbis
Romance and literary fiction have helped drive the number of US books self-published in hard copy up to 234,931, an increase of 59% compared to 2011.
Research by the book data company Bowker, which counts all the ISBN numbers issued to self-published works, suggests that electronic titles bring the total for US self-publishing up to 391,000. This figure – which does not include titles published without an ISBN and may include some electronic editions of books also published in hard copy – represents a 59% increase on 2011's total and compares with 301,642 produced in hard copy by traditional publishers in the US. No figures are available for the number of ebooks issued by traditional publishers in the US.
According to Bowker, the official ISBN agency for the US and Australia, 71% of self-published books were bought by women, with romance titles the most popular category, followed by literary fiction.
This increase in the number of self-published titles is mirrored by the increasing professionalism of self-published authors, according to Beat Barblan, Bowker's self-publishing expert.
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Research by the book data company Bowker, which counts all the ISBN numbers issued to self-published works, suggests that electronic titles bring the total for US self-publishing up to 391,000. This figure – which does not include titles published without an ISBN and may include some electronic editions of books also published in hard copy – represents a 59% increase on 2011's total and compares with 301,642 produced in hard copy by traditional publishers in the US. No figures are available for the number of ebooks issued by traditional publishers in the US.
According to Bowker, the official ISBN agency for the US and Australia, 71% of self-published books were bought by women, with romance titles the most popular category, followed by literary fiction.
This increase in the number of self-published titles is mirrored by the increasing professionalism of self-published authors, according to Beat Barblan, Bowker's self-publishing expert.
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