- Global number of ebook checkouts in 2017 (via Overdrive): 115 million
- Global number of audiobook checkouts in 2017 (via Overdrive): 68 million
- Global increase in digital library lending in 2018 vs 2017 thus far: 11%
- Number of libraries that surpassed 1 million digital checkouts in 2017: 58
- Number of libraries expected to surpass 1 million digital checkouts in 2018: 66
Sources: 66 Library Systems Are Currently on Pace to Surpass 1 Million Checkouts in 2018; OverDrive Clocks 220,000 Audiobook Downloads a Day
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.
