- Big Five publisher market share in 2013: 41%
- Big Five publisher market share in 2014: 38%
- Big Five publisher market share in 2015: 34%
- Self-publisher market share in 2013: 7%
- Self-publisher market share in 2014: 8%
- Self-publisher market share in 2015: 12%
- Self-pub + small publisher market share in 2013: 30%
- Self-pub + small publisher market share in 2014: 34%
- Self-pub + small publisher market share in 2015: 42%
- ComiXology.com launches: July 2007
- ComiXology launches a mobile comic bookstore locater: December 2008
- ComiXology launches online retail tools for comic bookstores: February 2009
- ComiXology launches a digital comic book reader and online store: July 2009
- ComiXology purchased by Amazon: April 2014
- ComiXology launches ComiXology Unlimited, a digital subscription service: May 2016
Sources: Glimpses of the US Market: Charts from Nielsen’s Kempton Mooney; ComiXology (Wikipedia)
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.
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