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Book Publishing Statistics
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Book publishing statistics, research and demographics from around the world.

Annual Book Production
Information from the International Publishers Association.

Book Industry Net Sales
"US book sales totaled $25,322,700,000 billion in 2000, a 3.4 percent increase over 1999." A press release from the American Publishers Association.

Canadian Publishers' Records
Over 1400 archival collections beginning before 1995 which relate to the history of secular English-language book publishing in Canada including records of publishing companies, authors, editors, and organizations.

CAP Ventures
CAP Ventures is the leading marketing research and consulting firm to the digital printing, electronic imaging and document management industries.

Cowles SimbaNet
Book publishing reports and newsletters. Sample issues of the newsletters are available on site.

International Annual Book Production
A chart listing book title production in many countries around the globe from 1990 to 1996.

MIR Data
Market information source for the college textbook publishing industry, providing critical sales and market share data for over 1,600 courses in 50 academic disciplines.

Net sales in Canada of publishing firms and exclusive agents
A table from Statistics Canada covering English and French language publishing firms from 1991 through 1997.

Profile of book publishing and exclusive agents
A profile of Canadian English-language book publishing companies, the books they published and reprinted, their staff, and their sales, from 1991 to 1997.

Publications from the Book Industry Study Group
The BISG publishes many useful reports ranging in price from under $5 to over $500.

Schoolbook Spending in the UK
A report based on data from over 1200 UK schools. PDF format.

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