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2025 U.S. Industry Statistics & Market Forecast - Book Publishers
Market Size & Industry Statistics
The total U.S. industry market size for Book Publishers:
Industry statistics cover all companies in the United States, both public and private, ranging in size from small businesses to market leaders.
In addition to revenue, the industry market analysis shows information on employees, companies, and average firm size.
Investors, banks, and business executives use growth rates and industry trends to understand the market outlook and opportunity.
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Market Forecast
Market forecasts show the long term industry outlook and future growth trends. The following extended five-year forecast projects both short-term and long-term trends.
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Product & Services Breakdown
Research products and services in the Book Publishers industry generating sales. Note that products are broken into categories with different levels of classification.| Product Description | Number of Companies | Sales ($ millions) | Percent of Total Sales |
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Textbooks |
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Elementary And Secondary School Textbooks |
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Post-Secondary Textbooks |
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Professional, Technical, And Scholarly Books |
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Professional And Technical Books |
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Scholarly Books |
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Children's Books (Exclude Coloring And Activity Books, Sticker Books, And Water Painting Books.) |
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General Reference Books (Include Maps, Atlases, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, And Thesauruses.) |
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Adult Trade Books |
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Religious Books |
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All Other Adult Trade Books |
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Other Publishing - Subscriptions And Sales |
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Other Publishing, Excluding Book Publishing - Subscriptions And Sales |
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Other Publishing - Sale Of Advertising Space |
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Other Publishing, Excluding Book Publishing - Sale Of Advertising Space |
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Licensing Of Rights To Use Intellectual Property |
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Licensing Of Rights To Use Intellectual Property Protected By Copyright |
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All Other Receipts |
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U.S. Geographic Distribution: Revenue Statistics by State
Market Size by State ($ millions) indicates how the industry's competition is distributed throughout the country. State-level information can identify areas with higher and lower industry market share than average.
Income Statement (Average Financial Metrics)
Financial metrics provide a snapshot view of a benchmark "average" company. Key business metrics show revenue and operating costs. The data collected covers both public and private companies.| Industry Average | Percent of Sales (Industry Benchmark) |
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Financial Ratio Analysis
Financial ratio information can be used to benchmark how a Book Publishers company compares to its peers. Accounting statistics are calculated from the industry-average for income statements and balance sheets.| Profitability & Valuation Ratios | Industry Average |
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| Company valuation can be measured based on the firm's own performance, as well as in comparison against its industry competitors. These metrics show how the average company in the Book Publishers industry is performing. | |
| Profit Margin Gross Profit Margin, Operating Profit Margin, and Net Profit Margin. Show company earnings relative to revenues. |
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| Return on Equity (ROE) Return on Equity (ROE) is net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Shareholders' Equity is defined as the company's total assets minus total liabilities. ROE shows how much profits a company generates with the money shareholders invested (or with retained earnings). |
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| Return on Assets (ROA) Return on Assets (ROA) is net income relative to total assets. The market research on Book Publishers measures how efficiently the company leverages its assets to generate profit. ROA is calculated as Net Income divided by Total Assets. |
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| Bankers and suppliers use liquidity to determine creditworthiness and identify potential threats to a company's financial viability. | |
| Current Ratio Measures a firm's ability to pay its debts over the next 12 months. |
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| Quick Ratio (Acid Test) Calculates liquid assets relative to liabilities, excluding inventories. |
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| Receivables Turnover Ratio If this number is low in your business when compared to the industry average in the research report, it may mean your payment terms are too lenient or that you are not doing a good enough job on collections. |
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| Average Collection Period Based on the Receivables Turnover, this estimates the collection period in days. Calculated as 365 divided by the Receivables Turnover |
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| Inventory Turnover A low turnover rate may point to overstocking, obsolescence, or deficiencies in the product line or marketing effort. |
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| Fixed-Asset Turnover Generally, higher is better, since it indicates the business has less money tied up in fixed assets for each dollar of sales revenue. |
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Compensation & Salary Surveys for Employees
Compensation statistics provides an accurate assessment of industry-specific jobs and national salary averages. This information can be used to identify which positions are most common, and high, low, and average annual wages.| Title | Percent of Workforce | Bottom Quartile | Average (Median) Salary | Upper Quartile |
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| Management Occupations | 12% | Order at top of page |
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| Chief Executives | 0% | |||
| General and Operations Managers | 4% | |||
| Business and Financial Operations Occupations | 10% | |||
| Business Operations Specialists | 8% | |||
| Computer and Mathematical Occupations | 8% | |||
| Computer Occupations | 8% | |||
| Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers | 5% | |||
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations | 29% | |||
| Art and Design Workers | 5% | |||
| Media and Communication Workers | 22% | |||
| News Analysts, Reporters and Journalists | 6% | |||
| News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists | 6% | |||
| Writers and Editors | 15% | |||
| Editors | 13% | |||
| Sales and Related Occupations | 14% | |||
| Sales Representatives, Services | 10% | |||
| Advertising Sales Agents | 8% | |||
| Advertising Sales Agents | 8% | |||
| Office and Administrative Support Occupations | 17% | |||
| Other Office and Administrative Support Workers | 6% | |||
Book Publishers Competitor Landscape & Key Companies [PREMIUM]
The most influential companies in the Book Publishers industry and adjacent industries either have large market share or are developing new business models and methods that could disrupt the status quo. We look at leading and emerging companies in the Book Publishers industry and adjacent sectors:| Market Leaders: Direct Competitors Companies with the largest market share, focused in this industry |
Market leaders: Diversified Competitors Largest companies that have diversified operations in this and other industries |
| Innovators: Direct Competitors Innovative, Emerging, and Disruptive Companies that may influence the future direction of the industry. |
Innovators: Diversified Competitors Innovators and Disruptors in adjacent industries that may also affect the Book Publishers industry. |
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Latest Industry News
- Faith-Based Books Address Abounding Anxiety - A cluster of books from religion publishers arrives in time to meet the queasy stomachs and souls so many face in today’s stressful times. Their authors share ways to survive severe anxiety and help others in psychic pain. (07/07/2025)
- The Secret to Book Publishing Success: Everything You Need to Do - Learn how to format and publish your book like a pro with this step-by-step guide. Discover tools, tips, and strategies for Amazon KDP success (07/07/2025)
- They Didn't Congratulate a Friend for Publishing a Kid's Book Created with AI. Now, They're Second-Guessing Their Reaction - After their friend self-published a children's book created with AI, a Reddit user did not congratulate them, instead asking about the story and AI artwork. The friend got upset, and now the Reddit user is wondering if they were wrong to react that way. (07/06/2025)
- CFO, book publishers team up for Philippine schools overseas - THE Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) and the Philippine Educational Publishers Association (PEPA) have teamed up to help Philippine schools overseas (PSO) raise the quality of education for Filipino learners. (07/06/2025)
- Romance authors busted using AI expose alarming trend in publishing | Opinion - Two romance authors accidentally left AI prompts in their published novels, revealing a trend that threatens the future of books. (07/05/2025)
- Authors petition publishers to curtail their use of AI - The open letter and accompanying petition asking publishers "to make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines" garnered more than 600 signatures within a few hours. (06/28/2025)
- French book publishers' sales fell in 2024 - French book publishers’ sales fell by a nominal 1.5% or an inflation-adjusted 3.1% last year to €2.902bn from €2.945bn in 2023. (06/27/2025)
- 33 new books you’ll want to read this summer from independent publishers - This Dallas-based press has been publishing international books for 12 years. Among its latest releases is this novel from Spanish author Cerdà — his first book to be translated into English — about the famous 1962 chess match between Spanish grandmaster Arturo Pomar and American teenage prodigy Bobby Fischer. (06/26/2025)
- America Deported Her for Publishing a Book Titled ‘Lesbian Love.’ Years Later, She Was Murdered by the Nazis for Being Jewish - Eve Adams, an immigrant and the proprietor of a 1920s lesbian tearoom, was imprisoned for disorderly conduct and obscenity, then sent back to Europe, where she became a target of the Holocaust (06/26/2025)
- TikTok parent ByteDance is shutting down its short-lived book publisher - While authors were drawn to ByteDance's book publisher, 8th Note Press, because it seemed like its affiliation with TikTok could drive sales, the press is now telling writers that it will shut down and give them their publication rights back. (06/23/2025)
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