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     Troy AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Troy Post Number: 1808 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
According to Publishers Weekly who reported on numbers provided by BISG and AAP: "Total book sales rose 1.0% in 2008 and are expected to rise 1.8% in 2009, according to estimates released at BookExpo America by the Book Industry Study Group. Unit sales fell 1.5% last year." "...BISG forecast that sales over the Internet will increase 7.7% to $1.09 billion, while bookstore sales will stay flat at $3.63 billion." A chart included showed Publishers' Net Sales ($ in millions) ALL SEGMENTS 2007 $39,936 2008 $40,321 2009 $41,040 2010 $42,028 (Projected) "...32% of industry revenue, $12.7 billion, in 2008 was generated by more than 100,000 companies with net sales below $50 million." |
