Book Publishing Employment Down by One-Quarter in 10 Years

Posted at 2:53PM Monday 13 Jun 2016

 

The latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that employment in the book publishing industry dropped by over a quarter (25.7%) since spring 2006 and nearly a third (32.5%) from its peak 20 years ago.
It could be worse: the newspaper industry lost 60% of staff since 1990. Periodicals lost 36%. thefutureofpublishing.com