The statistic presents the largest self-publishing companies in the United States in 2018, ranked by the number of print books published. Lulu Press, Inc. was the second largest print self-publishing company, with over 37 thousand print titles published in 2018.
Largest self-publishing companies in the United States in 2018, by number of print books published
Characteristic
Number of published titles
Amazon’s CreateSpace/Independently Published
1,416,384
Lulu Press, Inc.*
37,546
Blurb, Inc.
17,682
Xlibris (Div. of Author Solutions)
5,284
AuthorHouse (Div. of Author Solutions)
3,815
Christian Faith Publishing
3,142
Independent Publisher (Bar Code Graphics)
2,245
WestBow Press (imprint of Author Solutions)
2,208
Page Publishing, Inc.
2,087
Salem Author Services [formerly Xulon Press]
1,603
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of published titles1,416,3841,416,38437,54637,54617,68217,6825,2845,2843,8153,8153,1423,1422,2452,2452,2082,2082,0872,0871,6031,603Amazon’s CreateSpace/Independently PublishedLulu Press, Inc.*Blurb, Inc.Xlibris (Div. of Author Solutions)AuthorHouse (Div. of Author Solutions)Christian Faith PublishingIndependent Publisher (Bar Code Graphics)WestBow Press (imprint of Author Solutions)Page Publishing, Inc.Salem Author Services [formerly Xulon Press]
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