Disappearing Booksellers

Membership in the American Booksellers Association dropped to 1,800 from 4,000 since the early 1990s.

Source: Associated Press, October 2006

Competition to Books

26 percent of all publishers cited "competition from online/Internet formats" as a business challenge. This is the highest this challenge has been in a decade.

Source: The Industry Measure, October 2006

E-Books as a Sales Opportunity

The number of book publishers who saw e-books as a sales oppoortunity rose to 24 percent from 10 percent between 2003 and 2006.

Source: The Industry Souce, October 2006