Did Ya Know?

21 Feb

…that a new book is published every 3 minutes in the United States?  And every 2.6 minutes in the United Kingdom?

In 2005, 172,000 books were published in the United States, and 206,000 were published in the UK (respectively second and first in the world).   Together, that’s over 378,000 books a year, over 1,000 books a day, and about 43 new books every hour.

That’s a lot of books.

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6 Responses to “Did Ya Know?”

  1. Cpt. Smurf 21. Feb, 2008 at 12:15 pm #

    Whoa, go us!

  2. Suzanne 21. Feb, 2008 at 12:40 pm #

    I can’t read that fast. O_O

  3. smorgishborg 21. Feb, 2008 at 1:16 pm #

    But how many are read?…

  4. Vernon 22. Feb, 2008 at 3:37 am #

    Good ol’ United Kingdom :D . Go us!

  5. kitty15 22. Feb, 2008 at 7:49 am #

    Haha. Now we all know where to go if we want to get a book published, clearly the UK has a high quota to fill :D

    Seriously though, with that record of publishing, I expect to start seeing authors on this site getting published within the next five years.

  6. Adam_Atlantian 23. Feb, 2008 at 2:46 am #

    But But…Why cant I get published then! *cries* But seriously, that’s pretty crazy.

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