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Post by benziger on Aug 29, 2020 12:05:39 GMT
we learn some key numbers about Lulu and Self publishing Companies: Print & E-Book
| 2018 | increase 2013-18 in %
| CreateSpace
| 1 416 000
| 654%
| Smashworld
| 71 000
| -15%
| Lulu Press
| 67 000
| -9%
| Blurb
| 19 000
| 571%
| Xlibris
| 8 000
| -39%
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E-Book
| 2018 | increase 2013-18 in %
| Smashworld
| 72 000
| -15%
| Lulu Press
| 30 000
| -11%
| Xlibris
| 3 000
| -31%
| AuthorHouse
| 2 700
| -36%
| Blurb
| 1 500
| -32%
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Print
| 2018 | increase 2013-18 in %
| CreateSpace
| 1 416 000
| 654%
| Lulu Press
| 37 500
| -8%
| Blurb
| 17 500
| 2251%
| Xlibris
| 5 000
| -43%
| AuthorHouse
| 3 500
| -49%
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In the linked PDF you can also see the numbers of many - partly disappeared - providers. You can also find other providers there. |
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Post by benziger on Aug 29, 2020 12:12:53 GMT
Consolidation seems to be taking place among the large providers, with Amazon and Blurb appearing to be among the winners. Overall, the self-publishing market seems to remain a growth market, as the two summaries (also by Bowker for 2013-2018) show:
In short: The winner takes it all. But whether it is a good idea to offer yourself to a future monopolist is another matter.
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Post by BlueAndGold on Aug 29, 2020 12:56:08 GMT
654% growth rate is phenomenal! Is Amazon turning into the Great Satan? Are we ready to sell our souls yet? What's the offered price?  I know one thing for sure: If you want your hardback books to be of good quality, have Lulu print them. |
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Aug 30, 2020 2:28:52 GMT
Hrmm, those figures are pre-Lulu's software cockup, I wonder what it is now.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Aug 30, 2020 2:53:59 GMT
we learn some key numbers about Lulu and Self publishing Companies: Print & E-Book
| 2018 | increase 2013-18 in %
| CreateSpace
| 1 416 000
| 654%
| Smashworld
| 71 000
| -15%
| Lulu Press
| 67 000
| -9%
| Blurb
| 19 000
| 571%
| Xlibris
| 8 000
| -39%
|
E-Book
| 2018 | increase 2013-18 in %
| Smashworld
| 72 000
| -15%
| Lulu Press
| 30 000
| -11%
| Xlibris
| 3 000
| -31%
| AuthorHouse
| 2 700
| -36%
| Blurb
| 1 500
| -32%
|
Print
| 2018 | increase 2013-18 in %
| CreateSpace
| 1 416 000
| 654%
| Lulu Press
| 37 500
| -8%
| Blurb
| 17 500
| 2251%
| Xlibris
| 5 000
| -43%
| AuthorHouse
| 3 500
| -49%
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In the linked PDF you can also see the numbers of many - partly disappeared - providers. You can also find other providers there. |
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Post by benziger on Aug 30, 2020 15:47:45 GMT
And Kevin 2024, you are right: it's Smashwords. This is a typo of mine. They get the number counting the ISBN used by this providers. That means, they count just the books with ISBN, but not the books with no ISBN and not the books with the author's or editor's own ISBN.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Sept 2, 2020 2:27:51 GMT
And Kevin 2024 , you are right: it's Smashwords. This is a typo of mine.
Oh, I thought you had copied and pasted it from some site.They get the number counting the ISBN used by this providers. Not only the ones they have bought? I am led to believe the places like Lulu are able to buy batches of ISBNs. I assume until an ISBN is nailed to a book it only has the publisher in the ISBN code. Once it is registered to a book, then the book's details are added. A company could buy millions of them and just bin them, but still be high up in the self-publishing ranks. An interesting way to get noticed ... That means, they count just the books with ISBN, but not the books with no ISBN and not the books with the author's or editor's own ISBN. I would have thought that all they need do is scan the databases of places like Ingrams to see what has actually been published, and by whom, not just who has bought batches of ISBNs. |
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