NEWS ALERT Just For Authors
Over 1 Million New Books Published Last Year
How Are You Expected To Compete With Those Numbers?
Here Is What We Know:
Over 1,000,000 books were published in 2009 -- up from about 300,000 books published in 2006.
Yes, that's 1 MILLION books published last year.
But, listen to this:
Non-traditional, print on demand books EXPLODED to 764,448 -- up from just 21,936 in 2006.
How are you supposed to compete with the fact that you have 1 MILLION COMPETITORS?
Annie knows and Annie tells.
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More About The Book Stats:
How Do We Know? The world’s leading provider of book industry information, Bowker, reports that in 2006 only 21,936 non-traditional books (includes print on demand, self publishing and reprints however this figure does NOT include e-books) were published compared to the staggering runaway numbers of 2009, for the same non-traditional books, to 764,448.
Traditional Publishers Are Steady: By the way, it is interesting to note that traditional publishers, those familiar names we all know in the publishing industry, showed publishing numbers that ranged from about 274,000 to 288,000 from 2006-2009.
Book Publishing Stats For 2009:
288,355 Books published via traditional publishing
764,448 Books published via non-traditional publishing. Non-traditional means print on demand, reprints and public domain.
Total Books Published In 2009: 1,052,803
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Don't Get Scammed by a Vanity Press
Donna Erickson · June 11, 2010
Lots of new authors are opting to self-publish their books because it's quicker and easier than traditional publishing. Self-publishing allows the author to have more control--especially in the areas of cover design and publication title. When new authors begin exploring their options, they often conduct a search online for self-publishing companies, which leads us to this critical question: Are the most popular listings for self-publishing companies on the Internet necessarily the best?
The answer to that question is "no." The companies on the top of the list have simply paid the most to appear there. These companies pay top-dollar to pay-per-click search engines to get to the top of the list. Does that make them better than the others? Absolutely not! They are just paying more money per click to have you visit their site.
In fact, some of these companies have been sued for not delivering what was promised. Others are outsourcing customer service to offshore affiliates, and customers are complaining about the inferior service. Lulu.com outsources to India, Authorhouse has affiliates in the Phillipines, and customers are reporting they cannot understand their questions and neither are knowledgeable or highly accessible.
Authorhouse, Xlibris, and iUniverse are all owned by the same company, Author Solutions. Accusations have been made that both Authorhouse and Xlibris have added additional fees to list books on amazon.com--after assuring their authors there would be no fees. In addition, Authorhouse lost a libel suit, after claiming they did not publish a book that was indeed published by them, and was charged a hefty amount in punitive damages.
Before you give any money to a publisher, make sure you research their background and policies--especially on contracts and refunds. Don't become the next victim with a "nightmare story" to share about vanity presses.
Donna Erickson · June 11, 2010
Lots of new authors are opting to self-publish their books because it's quicker and easier than traditional publishing. Self-publishing allows the author to have more control--especially in the areas of cover design and publication title. When new authors begin exploring their options, they often conduct a search online for self-publishing companies, which leads us to this critical question: Are the most popular listings for self-publishing companies on the Internet necessarily the best?
The answer to that question is "no." The companies on the top of the list have simply paid the most to appear there. These companies pay top-dollar to pay-per-click search engines to get to the top of the list. Does that make them better than the others? Absolutely not! They are just paying more money per click to have you visit their site.
In fact, some of these companies have been sued for not delivering what was promised. Others are outsourcing customer service to offshore affiliates, and customers are complaining about the inferior service. Lulu.com outsources to India, Authorhouse has affiliates in the Phillipines, and customers are reporting they cannot understand their questions and neither are knowledgeable or highly accessible.
Authorhouse, Xlibris, and iUniverse are all owned by the same company, Author Solutions. Accusations have been made that both Authorhouse and Xlibris have added additional fees to list books on amazon.com--after assuring their authors there would be no fees. In addition, Authorhouse lost a libel suit, after claiming they did not publish a book that was indeed published by them, and was charged a hefty amount in punitive damages.
Before you give any money to a publisher, make sure you research their background and policies--especially on contracts and refunds. Don't become the next victim with a "nightmare story" to share about vanity presses.
Self-Publishing Going Through The Roof!
Annie Jennings, national PR guru for 35,000 authors and experts (including Maya Angelou, F. Lee Bailey, Sylvia Browne, Deepak Chopra,and Louise Hay) asked me to do some research for her on the latest self-publishing statistics. Turns out RR Bowker (the only agency to issue ISBNs to worldwide authorized agents) reports that in 2009 there were one million books published and 700,000+ were self-published and micro-niche publications. Annie wants to write a book containing her PR tips for self-published authors and have me edit it. I'll keep you posted!
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