- 2018 print book sales according to BookScan: 696 million
- 2017 print book sales according to BookScan: 687 million
- 2013 print book sales according to BookScan: 620 million
- Change in adult nonfiction sales over 2017: +4.9%
- Change in adult fiction sales over 2017: -4.6%
- Change in juvenile sales over 2017: +0.1%
Source: Print Unit Sales Rose 1.3 Percent in 2018 (subscription required)
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.
