Book Publishing Market Saw Steady Title Growth in 2011

Conversely, “unclassified” books, which comprise mostly reprint/POD houses specializing in public domain works marketed almost exclusively on the Web, ended a years-long streak of triple-digit growth, declining 69 percent in 2011 from 2010. The reprint/POD sector accounts for the largest ISBN output—more than 1.1 million in 2011 alone—and as a result, drove an overall decline in print book output of 63 percent. Audiobooks and eBooks are excluded.