- Growth of US traditional publishing print book sales in 2016: 3%
- Growth of US traditional publishing print book sales in 2017: 2%
- Growth of US traditional publishing print book sales in 2018 so far: 2.9%
- Adult fiction print sales in 2018 YTD versus 2017: -3.5%
- Children’s/YA print sales in 2018 YTD versus 2017: +5.7%
- Hardcover sales in 2018 YTD versus 2017: +7%
- Nonfiction print sales volume growth between 2014 and 2017: 5%
- Fiction print sales volume growth between 2014 and 2017: 0
- Children’s/YA print sales volume growth between 2014 and 2017: 3%
Source: “The State of the Publishing Industry Today,” BookExpo presentation by NPD’s Jonathan Stolper, May 31, 2018.
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.
