- Amazon’s revenue in the UK in 2010: $3.9 million
- Amazon’s revenue in Japan in 2010: $5 million
- Amazon’s revenue in Germany in 2010: $5.3 million
- Amazon’s revenue in the UK in 2016: $9.6 million
- Amazon’s revenue in Japan in 2016: $10.8 million
- Amazon’s revenue in Germany in 2016: $14.2 million
- People who own smart speakers who would not go back to life without one: 65%
- People who own smart speakers who say they are “essential to everyday life”: 42%
- People who own smart speakers who listen to more audio since acquiring one: 70%
Sources: The Internationalist Viewpoint: A Report on “The Business of Books”; The Smart Audio Report
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
