The Publishing Industry

I just read an article (online) about the most recent BookExpo America convention in New York which points out some important points about bricks-and-mortar publishing.

1. Attendance at the book sellers convention was down fourteen percent from last year, and the convention space was one-fifth the size of last year.

2. Book sales are down.

3. 2008 e-book sales were up sixty-eight percent over 2007.

4. 2009’s e-book sales for the first quarter were up 100 percent over 2008.

5. People are reading and writing more than ever.

Here is the complete article

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