Deconstructing Distribution
Based on percentages in the report, I calculated that, of the 15,955 publishers (including non-conventional association, institutional and corporate programs) with revenues of more than $50,000:
● 744 had revenues of $50 million+
● 3,580 had revenues of $1 million–$49 million
● 1,570 had revenues of $500,000–$999,000
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.