An article in today’s PW Daily notes that there are over a million books published each year — about 75% self published and 25% traditionally published.<\/p>\n
Assuming publishers work Monday through Friday, that’s a staggering 4,000 new books published per day!<\/p>\n
CV, an editor, told me that what’s wrong with book publishing today is that there are too many books published. Given these latest statistics, it’s hard to argue.<\/p>\n
Do you think the glut of books is bad for aspiring authors, because there’s already too much to read out there — and too much competition for new books?<\/p>\n
Or do you think it’s positive, with so many new authors getting their books out these days through either traditional publishers or self publishing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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