Book Publishing Market Saw Steady Title Growth in 2011

Genres that contributed to the robust growth in the traditional sector include education, with a hefty 20 percent increase, music and philosophy/psychology (both up 14 percent), religion (up 12 percent), and the juveniles, biography and business sectors, which all increased by 11 percent. Fiction—the largest genre—turned around a multiyear decline with a notable 13 percent increase.