Book authors

Statistics report on book authors

Book authors

This report has been compiled to provide statistical information about book authors in North America, including details on income, sales, publishing and writing styles.

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Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Number of writers and authors in the U.S. 2011-2023
  • Premium Statistic Publisher types used by authors in the U.S. 2018
  • Premium Statistic Self-publishing platforms used by authors in the U.S. 2018
  • Premium Statistic U.S. book publishers revenue 2010-2021, by source
  • Premium Statistic U.S. publishing industry - estimated revenue 2005-2021
  • Premium Statistic Largest self-publishing companies in the U.S. in 2018, by number of titles published
  • Premium Statistic Book publishers with the highest title count in the U.S. 2017
  • Basic Statistic Nobel Prize in Literature - countries with the most winners 1901-2019
  • Basic Statistic Most read poets in the U.S. 2017

Income

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. authors' average royalty income 2013-2017, by type
  • Premium Statistic U.S. author's income share of individual earnings 2013-2017, by type
  • Premium Statistic Full-time authors earning income solely from books in the U.S. 2018
  • Basic Statistic Earnings of the wealthiest authors worldwide 2019
  • Basic Statistic E.L. James - earnings 2012-2018
  • Basic Statistic J. K. Rowling - earnings 2010-2019
  • Basic Statistic James Patterson - earnings 2010-2019
  • Basic Statistic John Grisham - earnings 2010-2018
  • Basic Statistic Nora Roberts - earnings 2011-2018

Emerging vs. established authors

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  • Basic Statistic Average number of published books by authors in the U.S. 2017
  • Basic Statistic Editing costs for successful and emerging authors in the U.S. 2017
  • Basic Statistic Book cover design costs for successful and emerging authors in the U.S. 2017
  • Basic Statistic Authors with day jobs in the U.S. 2017

Young adult authors

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  • Premium Statistic Juvenile/YA fiction books sales in the U.S. H1 2018
  • Premium Statistic Juvenile/YA nonfiction books sales in the U.S. H1 2018
  • Premium Statistic Books sold by publishing houses among YA authors U.S. 2017
  • Premium Statistic Number of publisher rejections before debut book sale among YA authors U.S. 2017
  • Premium Statistic Speed of debut book sale after signing with an agent among YA authors U.S. 2017

Canadian data

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  • Premium Statistic Canada unit book sales 2013-2023
  • Premium Statistic Canada share of book sales 2013-2023, by subject
  • Premium Statistic Leading Canadian-authored book formats bought by readers in 2017
  • Premium Statistic Canadian book buyers reading Canadian authors in 2012-2017
  • Premium Statistic Book buyers using selected purchasing channels who read Canadian-authored books 2017
  • Premium Statistic Most popular Canadian book authors named by readers in 2017
  • Premium Statistic Canadians' interest in reading award-nominated books 2018

Writing styles

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  • Premium Statistic Longest first sentences of novels by author 2017
  • Premium Statistic Shortest first sentences to novels by author 2017
  • Premium Statistic Number of clichés used by authors worldwide 2017
  • Premium Statistic Number of exclamation points in novels worldwide 2017, by author
  • Premium Statistic Number of adverbs in novels worldwide 2017, by author
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