Can one of our top guns do a line by line on this survey? There needs to be some definite clarification here.
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The average traditional large scale publisher have a 60 day shelf life for titles—if less than 10 books per store, per location do not sell they either place them in the clearance bins—or return them to the publisher
Each day, corporations such as Barnes and Noble- Chapters (Indigo) return 95% of the original purchase order
Out of 1.2 million titles submitted to distributors only 15% are accepted to major bookstores- out of those 15%--13% are repeated high profile (Celebrities, business gurus, sports leaders)- or a niche market-
Acquisition budgets for major libraries, retail outlets and schools have been cut 47% in the past five years
Most media have reduced book reviews to either once a month- or they have cut it out altogether-
Marketing materials supplied to authors by the publisher who sell less than 5,000 books ( This means paid for not ordered for they may be returned)- zero
Book signings/ tours and readings for authors who sell less than 5,000 books arranged by the publisher-zero
Media appearances arranged from the publisher for an author- zero- authors are expected to hire their own publicist.
Each year over 1.2 million books are published world wide? And over 300,000 in the English language alone? Fewer than 20,000 will make it into the average book superstore. Most on the shelf of that superstore will not sell. Less than 2% of all books published pass the retail bar.
In 2004, 950,000 books out of 1.2 million tracked by Nielsen Bookscan sold fewer than ninety-nine copies. Only 25,000 sold more than 5,000 copies. The average book in North America sells about 500 copies.
According to the Book Industry Study Group 2004 Books Sales for NA were 1.2 million. This means that your book is I out of 1.2 million titles for a buyer to choose from. Below is a chart of Sales Range and the amount of titles that sold in that range.
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The average traditional large scale publisher have a 60 day shelf life for titles—if less than 10 books per store, per location do not sell they either place them in the clearance bins—or return them to the publisher
Each day, corporations such as Barnes and Noble- Chapters (Indigo) return 95% of the original purchase order
Out of 1.2 million titles submitted to distributors only 15% are accepted to major bookstores- out of those 15%--13% are repeated high profile (Celebrities, business gurus, sports leaders)- or a niche market-
Acquisition budgets for major libraries, retail outlets and schools have been cut 47% in the past five years
Most media have reduced book reviews to either once a month- or they have cut it out altogether-
Marketing materials supplied to authors by the publisher who sell less than 5,000 books ( This means paid for not ordered for they may be returned)- zero
Book signings/ tours and readings for authors who sell less than 5,000 books arranged by the publisher-zero
Media appearances arranged from the publisher for an author- zero- authors are expected to hire their own publicist.
Each year over 1.2 million books are published world wide? And over 300,000 in the English language alone? Fewer than 20,000 will make it into the average book superstore. Most on the shelf of that superstore will not sell. Less than 2% of all books published pass the retail bar.
In 2004, 950,000 books out of 1.2 million tracked by Nielsen Bookscan sold fewer than ninety-nine copies. Only 25,000 sold more than 5,000 copies. The average book in North America sells about 500 copies.
According to the Book Industry Study Group 2004 Books Sales for NA were 1.2 million. This means that your book is I out of 1.2 million titles for a buyer to choose from. Below is a chart of Sales Range and the amount of titles that sold in that range.
Sales Range
Titles
1,000,000 or more
10
500,000 to 999,999
22
250,000 to 499,999
64
100,000 to 249,999
324
50,000 to 99,999
767
5,000 to 49,999
23,047
1,000 to 4,999
67,008
100 to 999
202,938
Sold 99 or less
948,005
Total
1.2 Million
Titles
1,000,000 or more
10
500,000 to 999,999
22
250,000 to 499,999
64
100,000 to 249,999
324
50,000 to 99,999
767
5,000 to 49,999
23,047
1,000 to 4,999
67,008
100 to 999
202,938
Sold 99 or less
948,005
Total
1.2 Million
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