Industry Statistics: Looking Behind the Numbers
Neither AAP nor BISG report on subsidiary rights revenue—an increasingly important increment of sales in the industry—although Jordan says AAP is exploring it.
AAP reports $54.4 million in e-book sales for 2006, while BISG does not yet report e-book sales. Neither AAP nor BISG are certain whether subscription revenues for electronic publishing in the reference and professional segments—a significant income producer in the library market—are completely represented in either report.
- Companies:
- Amazon.com
- American Booksellers Association
- Association of American Publishers
- Book Publishing Report
- Bowker
- Consortium
- Evangelical Christian Publishers Association
- Fordham University
- Independent Publishers Group
- National Association of College Stores
- National Book Network (NBN)
- Nielsen Media Research
- PMA
- Publishers Weekly
- Simba Information
- The Book Industry Study Group
- Places:
- Manhattan
- United States
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.