- American Booksellers Association membership in 1998: 3,300
- American Booksellers Association membership in 2008: 1,410
- American Booksellers Association membership in 2017 (so far): 1,757
- Overall US publisher revenue for 2016: $14.3 billion
- Overall change from 2015: -6.6%
- Change in revenue of hardcover books: +2.2%
- Change in revenue of children’s board books: +7.7%
- Change in revenue of paperback and mass market books: +4.1%
- Change in revenue of downloaded audio: +25.8%
- Change in revenue of ebooks: -15.6%
- Change in revenue for PreK-12 instructional materials: -9%
- Change in revenue for higher education course materials: -13.4%
Sources: ABA Sees Membership Grow for Seventh Straight Year; ABA Growth Streak Ends (paywall); AAP StatShot: Book Publisher Trade Sales Flat for 2016
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.
