328, 259

Number of books published in the United States in 2011.

235, 000

Number of self-published books in the United States in 2011.

8

Number of books sold in a traditional bookstore for every book sold online.

23

Percentage of ebooks in US book publishers’ sales.

17

Number of books read annually by the average American.

8,000

Number of new publishing companies established in a year.

Sources: 1) bowker.com 2) paidcontent.org 3, 4) greenleafbookgroup.com 5) libraries.pewinternet.org 6) greenleafbookgroup.com