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November 5, 2009E-books' Holiday Charge Excerpt: "Already, we buy roughly as many printed books online as we do at chain bookstores. Each claims more than 20 percent of the market and alternates at the top spot, while independent sellers claim just 5 percent of the market, according to PubTrack, a survey conducted by publishing industry research firm Bowker. If it only takes one click to buy a book, why should we have to wait to read it?...." October 30, 2009In Much of Europe, Book-Pricing Battles Are Banned Excerpt: "Together, German companies published more than 96,000 new titles last year. In the nearly four-times-as-large U.S., 275,000 titles were published, according to R.R. Bowker, a provider of bibliographic information...." October 20, 2009E-Book Fans Keep Format in Spotlight Excerpt: "That is far more than the approximately 6.7 books than the average American book buyer purchased for the entire year in 2008, according to Bowker, a publishing industry tracking firm...." October 13, 2009The Self-Publishers Are Coming! Excerpt: "Estimates of self-published books (the numbers are imprecise because the definition of "self-publishing" is imprecise), according to industry watchdog RR Bowker, run to the hundreds of thousands of titles per year...." October 12, 2009Brits Bigger Book Buyers Than Americans Excerpt: "The newly-published report includes data from Bowker’s US-based PubTrack Consumer survey and BML’s Books & Consumer survey. It found that 57% of British consumers purchased one or more books last year, compared with only 50% of Americans surveyed...." October 1, 2009Cherished Cookbooks Excerpt: "Despite the downturn in publishing overall, cookbooks are still going strong, charting a 68 percent growth in sales from 2002 to 2008, when more than 3,200 titles were released, according to Bowker, a New Jersey-based publishing research firm...." October 1, 2009Publish, Not Perish Excerpt: "Graham first purchased her own ISBN numbers, including barcodes (to own her book rights) for roughly $325 from Bowker.com. 'Self-publishers should know that if they get one from a place like Lulu.com, BookSurge, iUniverse, Amazon.com, etc., they won't own [book rights], the company will,' she warns...." September 21, 2009The Global Boom in Bodice-Rippers Excerpt: "'The average romance reader is such a loyal person that if she finds a new author she likes, she'll get the entire backlist. That helps sales.' ... Bowker, a research firm, says nearly a third of purchases are author-driven...." August 31, 2009Kindle Market Share on the Rise Excerpt: "'Desktop and laptop computers were the preferred way for the public to read e-books through the first seven months of 2009, but their market share has been giving way to a host of new devices, according to the latest research from Bowker's PubTrack Consumer service...." August 17, 2009Rethinking the Fall Regionals Excerpt: "Certainly the fact that the independent channel accounted for only 7% of book sales in 2008, according to Bowker's PubTrack service (down from an Ipsos BookTrends report of 16% in 2003) contributes to the decline in exhibitors...." July 27, 2009What's Behind Religion's Fall from (Sales) Grace? Excerpt: "That aligned BISG's “universe” of publishers with Bowker's, which began to include the smaller publishers in its data about five years ago...." July 20, 2009New Report Examines Book Market, Buyers Excerpt: "Bowker has released a new report that analyzes the book buying habits of American consumers. Taking information gathered from an online panel of 11,933 respondents that provided weekly updates on all matters of book buying, the 2008 U.S. Book Consumer Demographics & Buying Behaviors Annual Report...." July 13, 2009Bowker Introduces Books In Print 2.0 Excerpt: "Bowker, a provider of bibliographic information management solutions, announced the beta release of Books In Print 2.0 (BIP 2.0), an enhanced version of the company's flagship book discovery and collection development platform, Books in-Print. The official global market release of BIP 2.0 is scheduled for early 4Q 2009...." July 13, 2009Bowker Unveils Enhanced Version of Book Discovery and Collection Development Platform Excerpt: "Bibliographic information provider Bowker, US, has announced the beta-release of the latest version of its book discovery and collection development platform, Books in-Print (BIP). The official global market release of BIP 2.0 is scheduled for the early fourth quarter of 2009...." July 9, 2009Bowker Introduces Books In Print 2 - New Breakthrough Search and Discovery Platform for Book Information Excerpt: "Bowker announced the beta release of Books In Print 2.0 (BIP 2.0) an enhanced version of the company’s flagship book discovery and collection development platform, Books In Print. The official global market release of BIP 2.0 is scheduled for the early fourth quarter, 2009...." July 9, 2009Bowker Introduces Books In Print 2 - New Breakthrough Search and Discovery Platform for Book Information Excerpt: "Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management solutions, today announced the beta-release of Books In Print® 2.0 (BIP 2.0) an enhanced version of the company’s flagship book discovery and collection development platform, Books in- Print®. The official global market release of BIP 2.0 is scheduled for the early fourth quarter, 2009...." July 4, 2009Do It Yourself Excerpt: "Theoretically, these self-published books could be carried in bookstores. All of them, except for the poetry book, have ISBN numbers and barcodes. Bowker is the exclusive U.S. agent for the 13-digit number that identifies uniquely each book and publisher, and also gets the book into Books in Print. Self-published writers can either order the ISBNs directly from Bowker or use a POD company that includes it as part of its fees...." June 22, 2009Is Amazon Taking Over the Book Business? Excerpt: "But because Amazon is so much better than anybody else at selling books online -- last year, it owned 43% of that market, according to the bibliographic-information company R.R. Bowker -- it has a lot of power at the negotiating table...." June 18, 2009AEP Honors Year’s Best Educational Products Excerpt: "In the upcoming weeks, AEP Award winners will receive special recognition in AEP’s Online Product Gallery, on Amazon.com, and in Bowker’s Books In Print product database...." June 18, 2009Is It Vanity? Excerpt: "R R Bowker projects that in the US alone traditional publishers put out 275,232 books in 2008, and POD books totaled 285,394. That’s a total of 560,626 books altogether. Bowker did not report how many POD books were fiction, but traditional publishers together published 47,541 fiction titles in 2008. That’s a drop of 11% from 2007...." June 16, 2009For First Time Ever, More POD Than Conventional Titles Published in 2008 Excerpt: "Bibliographic data provider Bowker's preliminary data for books published in the U.S. in 2008 shows that output from traditional publishers declined by about three percent, and that the number of "on demand" books grew 132 percent to exceed for the first time ever the number of traditional titles published during the year...." June 12, 2009New Bowker Data on Building Book Audiences Through Digital Media Excerpt: "The latest data from RR Bowker confirms that this migration has already occurred. For the first time, average hours spent online has recently passed hours spent watching TV. Consumers are increasingly learning about books online...." June 11, 2009C.P. Bourg Offers PUR Perfect Binder ROI Analysis Tool Excerpt: "The market for on-demand book publishing is soaring. Bowker, the official ISBN agency for the U.S., recently projected that 285,394 books were produced in the U.S. in 2008 on demand, a “staggering” 132% increase over the 2007 total of 123,276 titles. The 2008 level reflected the second consecutive year of triple-digit growth in the on demand segment, and 462% above 2006 levels, Bowker reported...." May 30, 2009The OVERFLOW Excerpt: "THE US Books in Print company, Bowker, has released data suggesting that, for the first time in that country, more print-on-demand titles are published each year than normal print-run titles. According to Bowker, in the past seven years, print-on-demand publishing has grown almost 800 per cent...." May 30, 2009A Book Printed Just For You Excerpt: "With publishers cutting back new releases in response to declining sales, an estimated 275,000 traditional books were released in the United States last year, a drop of about 9,000 from 2007, according to Bowker, a New Providence, N.J.-based company that compiles industry statistics...." May 29, 2009Nearly One in Two Americans Read a Book Last Year, According to Bowker's 2008 PubTrack Consumer Survey Excerpt: "Forty-five percent of Americans over the age of 13 read a book last year and one in three of them were over the age of 55, according to newly released data from PubTrack Consumer...." May 28, 2009Panel to Examine the State of the Book Buying Consumer Excerpt: "The presentation will draw on material developed by Bowker’s PubTrack Consumer book survey and featured in the upcoming 2008 Book Consumer Demographics & Buying Behaviors Annual Report, which is being co-Published by Bowker PubTrack and PW...." May 27, 2009On-Demand Book Publishing Booms in 2008 Excerpt: "Based on preliminary figures, Bowker recently said the number of traditional titles published in the U.S. fell 3.2 per cent or by about 9,100 in 2008. In contrast, it estimated that about 285,400 on-demand books were produced last year, "a staggering 132 per cent increase" over the 2007 total of nearly 123,300. Bowker is based in New Providence, N.J...." May 26, 2009More Books Are Digitally Published Excerpt: "With publishers cutting back new releases in response to declining sales, an estimated 275,000 traditional books were released in the United States last year, a drop of about 9,000 from 2007, according to Bowker, a New Providence, N.J.-based company that compiles industry statistics...." May 26, 2009Publishing's Downs and Ups Excerpt: "This is interesting news ... U.S. book production rose and fell in 2008, according to preliminary statistics released this morning by Bowker ... as the web begins to offer options to buy books outside the old model - e-books, on-demand books - authors may begin to see the kind of opening that the web once offered via blogs...." May 23, 2009Readorama: On-Demand Books Excerpt: "With publishers cutting back new releases in response to declining sales, an estimated 275,000 traditional books were released in the United States last year, a drop of about 9,000 from 2007, according to Bowker, a New Jersey-based company that compiles industry statistics...." May 22, 2009The Obama Time Capsule and Other Arguments for Self-Publishing and Print-On-Demand Excerpt: "While the publishing industry attempts to decide which new paradigm to embrace, self-publishing through print-on-demand (POD) has surpassed it handily. Bowker, the world’s leading source of bibliographic information, stated on Tuesday that, while US book product shrank by 3% in 2008, on-demand publishing more than doubled...." May 22, 2009Self-Publishing Finds Commercial Niche in Digital Age Excerpt: "On Tuesday, the bibliographic information company Bowker released statistics showing that last year, for the first time, more books were released by on-demand publishers than by traditional ones...." May 21, 2009'On Demand' Publishing Eclipses Book Industry Excerpt: "R.R. Bowker LLC, the company that compiles official bibliographic information, issues International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) in the United States, and maintains the proprietary publishing industry books-in-print database, reported on Wednesday that "traditional" book publishing in the United States declined by 3.2% in 2008. Bowker's preliminary figures obtained from over 75,000 publishers show 275,232 new titles and editions published in 2008, down from the 284,370 that were published in 2007. Bowker's statistics previously noted a 2% drop in titles published in 2007 from audited 2006 figures...." May 20, 2009Books Are at the Vanguard Excerpt: "Even more startling, the number of books published on demand or in short runs jumped 132 percent, according to Bowker, which keeps the Books in Print database, to 285,000 titles...." May 19, 2009Barnes & Noble Expects to Post Loss Excerpt: "With publishers cutting back new releases in response to declining sales, an estimated 275,000 traditional books were released in the United States last year, a drop of about 9,000 from 2007, according to Bowker, a New Jersey-based company that compiles industry statistics...." May 19, 2009Self-Publishing Helps POD Take the Lead in US Excerpt: "The number of print-on-demand titles published in the US has exceeded the number of traditional books produced for the first time ever, according to bibliographic data provider Bowker...." May 19, 2009Print-On-Demand Titles Outnumbered Traditional Books in 2008 Excerpt: "Kelly Gallagher, v-p of publisher services for Bowker, said the decline in traditional books reflects not only the difficult economy but the decision by publishers to become smarter and more strategic in the titles they published last year...." May 19, 2009On-Demand Book Publishing Surpasses Traditional Print Excerpt: "U.S. book production rose and fell in 2008, according to preliminary statistics released this morning by Bowker. The number of new and revised titles produced by traditional production methods fell 3% in 2008, to 275,232, but the number of on-demand and short run titles soared 132%, to 285,394...." May 19, 2009More and More Books Digitally Published Excerpt: "With publishers cutting back new releases in response to declining sales, an estimated 275,000 traditional books were released in the United States last year, a drop of about 9,000 from 2007, according to Bowker, a New Providence, N.J.-based company that compiles industry statistics...." May 19, 2009Number of On-demand Titles Topped Traditional Books in 2008 Excerpt: "U.S. book production rose and fell in 2008, according to preliminary statistics released this morning by Bowker. The number of new and revised titles produced by traditional production methods fell 3% in 2008, to 275,232, but the number of on-demand and short run titles soared 132%, to 285,394...." May 19, 2009Self-Published Books Up 132 Percent Excerpt: "As traditional publishers struggle through the recession, self-publishing skyrocketed in 2009. According to the bibliographic company Bowker, 285,394 new books were published by print-on-demand companies last year--a 132 percent increase compared to 2007...." May 19, 2009Bowker Reports U.S. Book Production Declines 3% in 2008, but ''On Demand'' Publishing More Than Doubles Excerpt: "Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management solutions, today released statistics on U.S. book publishing for 2008, compiled from its Books In Print® database. Based on preliminary figures from U.S. publishers, Bowker is projecting that U.S. title output in 2008 decreased by 3.2%, with 275,232 new titles and editions, down from the 284,370 that were published in 2007...." May 8, 2009Making Information Pay Conference Charts Changes Brought by Recession Excerpt: "Among the trends identified by the survey was the decline of brick-and-mortar store’s share of the market (later in the program, Bowker’s Kelly Gallagher would say 2008 was the first time the online channel surpassed bookstore chains as the largest single sales channel)...." May 7, 2009Will Students Take to Amazon's Campus-Bound Kindle DX? Excerpt: "According to data compiled by industry analysts at R.R. Bowker's PubTrack business intelligence division, more than one-third of the most popular college textbook titles (those expected to sell at least 200 copies nationwide this fall) are now available in e-book form from CourseSmart...." May 5, 2009Web Recipes Are Cooking With Gas Excerpt: "Meanwhile, the number of cookbooks published in 2008 rose to 3,277 new titles up from 2,836 in 2007, according to the most recent data available from Books in Print, which is owned by R.R. Bowker...." May 4, 2009People: Weissberg to Join ISBN Board Excerpt: "Andy Weissberg has been named to the board of directors for the International ISBN Agency, the organization that promotes, coordinates and supervises the worldwide use of the ISBN system. Weissberg is currently v-p of identifier services and corporate marketing for Bowker." April 27, 2009Books Stay Part of the Grocery Store Mix Excerpt: "While U.S. supermarkets may not play as large a role in book sales as their U.K. counterparts—their market share in 2008 was 2% of unit sales, according to Bowker's PubTrack service—every outlet counts in today's difficult environment...." April 26, 2009Potpourri Excerpt: "Bowker, the publishing research firm that produces Books in Print, says an astounding 411,422 different U.S. titles were printed in 2007. One-third were print-on-demand books by self-publishing authors or reprints of past works from the public domain...." April 20, 2009LBF Panel Compares U.S. and U.K. Consumer Book Buying Habits Excerpt: "Kelly Gallagher, v-p of publisher services at Pub Track/Bowker, which compiles similar data in the U.S., explained American readers’ penchant for romance as 'reading to get away from it all.'...." April 20, 2009London Book Fair Opens, Attendees Optimistic Excerpt: "PubTrack / Bowker’s Kelly Gallagher (U.S.) and BML’s Steve Bohme (U.K.) shared statistics on their respective markets, notably pointing out that the American e-book market is much more advanced than Britain’s, and that the British in general read much more literary fiction than Americans, who buy greater amounts of romance and other commercial fiction...." April 18, 2009Write the Great American Novel -- and publish it yourself Excerpt: "In 2007, 480,000 books were published in the United States, up from 375,000 in 2006, according to the industry tracker Bowker. Much of the boost is from self-published titles...." April 9, 2009Revisiting the Popularity of Self-Publishing Because CNN Says So Excerpt: "We relied on industry data from Bowker to tell us that more books were printed in 2008 than 2007 and it was attributed to an increase in the number of print-on-demand books...." April 6, 2009Callanan to ProQuest Excerpt: "Annie Callahan has been named COO at ProQuest. Callahan was most recently Bowker president and CEO, and, at ProQuest, she will continue to have overall responsibility for Bowker. Both companies are owned by Cambridge Information Group. Callahan will report to Marty Kahn, who is ProQuest CEO...." April 2, 2009ProQuest Appoints New CEO Excerpt: "In a move to align its management structure with Bowker, Proquest, the provider of specialized information resources and technologies, has appointed Annie Callanan its chief operating officer...." April 1, 2009Career Resources from Bowker and Choice Excerpt: "R.R. Bowker and Choice have launched Resources for College Libraries (RCL): Career Resources...." March 9, 2009AquaBrowser Library Chosen by Harvard University Excerpt: "AquaBrowser Library has been chosen by the Harvard University Library, the largest academic library worldwide, as its search and discovery platform...." March 5, 2009Bowker and Choice to Launch RCL: Career Resources Excerpt: "Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management solutions and services for libraries, publishers and retailers worldwide, and Choice, the internationally recognized academic book review journal, today announced the launch of Resources for College Libraries (RCL): Career Resources." March 5, 2009Bowker and Choice to Launch RCL: Career Resources Excerpt: "Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management solutions and services for libraries, publishers and retailers worldwide, and Choice, the internationally recognized academic book review journal, today announced the launch of Resources for College Libraries (RCL): Career Resources." February 11, 2009Durham's The Book Exchange Closes Its Doors Excerpt: "This happened before there was a computer in the store. How did they do it? With card files and several editions of Books in Print, in which to look up needful information...." February 5, 2009In Their Own Words Excerpt: "About 100,000 more books were published in the United States in 2008 than the previous year — an increase that industry tracker Bowker.com attributes to the growth of on-demand publishing...." February 2, 2009LibraryThing Sells a Minority Interest to Cambridge Information Group Excerpt: "Big news for Library Thing lovers. The Cambridge Information Group (owners of ProQuest, Bowker, Dialog, AquaBrowser, & Syndetic Solutions), acquired a minority interest (at or under 9%, but we don't know for sure) in LibraryThing. Bowker will now be exclusively distributing LT (i.e. selling it)...." January 29, 2009LibraryThing Finds a ‘CIGnificant’ Other Excerpt: "Cambridge Information Group (CIG; www.cambridgeinformationgroup.com), the family-owned management and investment company that owns ProQuest, Dialog, AquaBrowser, Syndetic Solutions, and Bowker, has acquired a minority interest in LibraryThing (www.librarything.com). LibraryThing provides online book cataloging in a social networking context...." January 27, 2009Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab Excerpt: "In 2008, nearly 480,000 books were published or distributed in the United States, up from close to 375,000 in 2007, according to the industry tracker Bowker. The company attributed a significant proportion of that rise to an increase in the number of print-on-demand books." January 22, 2009CIG Acquires Minority Stake in LibraryThing; Bowker to Distribute to Libraries Excerpt: "The Cambridge Information Group (CIG) announced early today that it has acquired a minority stake in the social book cataloging company LibraryThing. As part of the deal, Bowker, wholly owned by CIG, will become the exclusive distributor of the LibraryThing for Libraries catalog enhancement packages, taking over all sales and marketing efforts. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed." January 22, 2009CIG Makes Equity Investment in LibraryThing Excerpt: "Cambridge Information Group (CIG), a privately held investment firm and parent company to Bowker and ProQuest, has made an equity investment in LibraryThing, an emerging provider of online book cataloging services and solutions." January 22, 2009CIG Makes Equity Investment in LibraryThing Excerpt: "Cambridge Information Group (CIG), a privately held investment firm and parent company to Bowker and ProQuest, has made an equity investment in LibraryThing, an emerging provider of online book cataloging services and solutions." January 22, 2009CIG Makes Equity Investment in LibraryThing Excerpt: "Cambridge Information Group (CIG), a privately held investment firm and parent company to Bowker and ProQuest, has made an equity investment in LibraryThing, an emerging provider of online book cataloging services and solutions." January 21, 2009LibraryThing and CIG -- The Deal! Excerpt: "LibraryThing has just partnered up with Cambridge Information Group, which owns Bowker, AquaBrowser, ProQuest, Serials Solutions and RefWorks." January 11, 2009Books Are Cooking Excerpt: "Chapman is planning events and gatherings for this new year, fully aware that no matter how many books line shelves (according to Bowker, which tracks the industry, some 275,000 titles and editions are published each year in the U.S.), publishing is a tough business." January 5, 2009Bowker, Nielsen Get ISTC Nod Excerpt: "The International ISTC Agency has named Bowker and Nielsen Book as the registration agencies that are authorized to assign ISTCs (International Standard Text Code) on behalf of publishers, authors and content owners." January 5, 2009International Standard Text Code Agency Announces New Registration Agency Appointments Excerpt: "The International ISTC Agency, the official Registration Authority for the International Standard Text Code (ISTC), is pleased to announce its appointment of Bowker and Nielsen Book as ISTC registration agencies that are now authorized to assign ISTCs on behalf of publishers, authors and content owners." January 4, 2009Small Presses Are Taking a Big Hit Excerpt: "Combine this with the 2007 study by R.R. Bowker that showed that the number of readers buying books is decreasing, and the situation for small publishers looks bleak." December 27, 2008Waiting for Scorsese Excerpt: "Of the 500 to 600 movies, counting art-house films, that are made yearly, only a fraction of those are based on novels, Kirsch said. And there are more than 50,000 works of fiction published each year, according to Bowker, publisher of Books in Print." December 16, 2008Follow the Money: Promoting Magazines & Books More Efficiently Excerpt: "Book publishers are publishing more titles than ever – but selling fewer copies of each. They are trying to match the ever diverse and fickle passions of the consumer. This past year, according to Books In Print, over 412,000 new books were published." December 14, 2008HEDNA Studies Unique Global Identifiers Excerpt: "The study investigated how such identification systems work in other industries. Among the organizations researched were the American Bankers Association (bank routing numbers) R.R. Bowker LLC (International Standard Book Numbers or ISBNs), and the International Air Transport Association." December 9, 2008Bail Out the Writers! Excerpt: "According to the industry tracker Bowker, about 275,000 new titles and editions are published in the United States each year." December 9, 2008Indiebound Crawling Toward the 21st Century Excerpt: "You'd think they'd figure out how to make secure entry sites so publishers or authors could enter all this complicated stuff and the bookcovers. Bowker -- the ISBN people -- has had that up and running for years. Nobody's using their model? It's nice and secure, and even the authors get to rise and fall on their own data. It lists all the distributors and direct orders and no retailer has to wander around looking for the books. What gets me is, why isn't Indiebound linking to Bowker as the homesite for ISBN's? Why all the extra steps?" December 1, 2008Looking at Who Buys What Where Excerpt: "Teenagers largely bought their books at the national bookstore chains in 2007, while their grandparents shopped for books from a variety of outlets. That was one of the findings drawn from PubTrack Consumer, the R.R. Bowker service that uses a national online survey to track various aspects of consumer book-buying behavior and patterns." November 24, 2008Magic Johnson on Succeeding in Business - and Finding Balance Excerpt: "Mr Johnson's book comes at a time when the public's appetite for such titles appears to be waning. The number of business advice titles fell significantly, to 7651 in 2007 from 8719 in 2006, according to Books in Print, which is owned by R.R. Bowker, a provider of bibliographic information." November 1, 2008Updates Emerge from SirsiDynix Excerpt: "New features and fixes added to this release of the Horizon 7.4.2 core ILS system and HIP 3.10 include the ability to ... support supplemental catalog content like book reviews and cover art from Bowker's Syndetic Deluxe." October 28, 2008Book Marketing: Factors that Influence Book Buyers Purchase Decisions Excerpt: "Bowker revealed its annual count of books published in the U.S. recently…The country saw a whopping 195,000 new titles in 2004, up 14% from the previous year...." October 24, 2008Book Titles Like to Play the Warren Buffett Name Game Excerpt: "There are 47 books in print, according to Books In Print, that have Buffett's name in the title...." October 9, 2008A Book is a Book, is a Book ... or Is It? Excerpt: "Book production is flat -- no, wait -- “stunning,” according to 2007 ’s preliminary figures from R. R. Bowker’s Books in Print database. The difference depends on what counts as a book...." October 8, 2008Give Me an 'E' Excerpt: "Bibliographic provider Bowker reported that 134,773 print-on-demand titles were sold in the US in 2007...." October 6, 2008Publishers Bet Big on Cookbooks Excerpt: "The number of cookbook titles declined to 2,673 in 2007 from 3,062 in 2005, according to Books in Print, which is owned by R.R. Bowker, a provider of bibliographic information...." September 16, 2008MEITUS: What's Cooking in Smaller Cookbooks Excerpt: "According to Bowker's Books in Print, 1,956 cookbooks were published in 2006 (the latest figures), down somewhat from 2005 (see, told you so) but still a very healthy segment of the book-buying market. Twenty-five hardcover cookbooks made various best-seller lists for that year...." September 12, 2008BISG Has Successful Year Excerpt: "Bowker, which is the U.S. Registration Agency, is looking for a partner to pilot a test of ISTC...." September 1, 20081/3 of All Textbooks Available as eTextbooks at CourseSmart Excerpt: "R.R. Bowker’s PubTrack specializes in collecting data on the college textbook market much like a BookScan for the trade market or Nielson in consumer products...." August 23, 2008The Backstory on the Buffett Book Excerpt: "Bowker's Books in Print says there are an estimated 60 titles in print about [Warren Buffett], with more than a dozen new ones on tap this year...." August 20, 2008How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Self-Publishing Excerpt: "This May, publishing industry research firm Bowker found that while traditional publishing numbers held steady in 2007, "on demand" and short-run titles skyrocketed...." August 18, 2008Print On Demand: A Cautionary Tale Excerpt: "According to Bowker's Books in Print database, book production rose a staggering 39% in 2007, and only 1% of that was traditional publishing. Print-on-demand titles provided the rest. The scary part of these statistics is that booksales rose only 4.4%...." July 25, 2008The Fine Print Excerpt: "Although the death of books at the hands of electronic communications has been widely predicted, more books were published last year than the previous year, with 276,649 titles appearing, up 2,000 over 2006, according to Bowker, a company which tracks the publishing industry and publishes “Books in Print” annually...." July 14, 2008Laughing Stock Up Excerpt: "The category has grown considerably since Stewart and his fellow Daily Show writers turned out their version of history; there are now an additional 450 titles to the annual output, according to Bowker. (See table, below.) ..." July 14, 2008AquaBrowser Adds Social Networking Tools Excerpt: "Medialab, creator of the library search and discovery platform AquaBrowser, announced the general release of My Discoveries with functionality for users to create reviews and ratings and view personal tags ..." July 13, 2008Easy Readers, Tough Topics Excerpt: "Bibliotherapy has grown by stacks, according to librarians. Each year, about 30,000 new titles for the entire juvenile market are published, R.R. Bowker's Books in Print estimated. While the company does not break out books on touchy issues, librarians say they have seen more titles in that category in recent years." July 10, 2008Core Collection: Electronic Readers’-Advisory Tools Excerpt: "Bowker’s FictionConnection and NonfictionConnection use an innovative tag cloud browsing system (searching by title or author is also an option on the main search page), making it one of the first and best users of Web 2.0 technologies.... The ease of use and familiarity of tag clouds make these the databases most likely to appeal to and be used by patrons as well as librarians." July 3, 2008Business Books Excerpt: "Books in Print reports that the supply of titles written by entrepreneurs or about entrepreneurship has grown more than 60% since 2002, to more than 300 in 2007." June 21, 2008Making Money, Attending Conferences, Creating Books Excerpt: "Bowker announced that in 2007 there were 276,649 NEW titles released last year, up about two thousand from the previous year ..." June 21, 2008Publishing Continues to Change Excerpt: "According to Bowker, the number of books produced in 2007 was 411,422." June 17, 2008Daily Briefing Excerpt: "Over the past six years, the number of books written by entrepreneurs or about entrepreneurship has risen steadily, to an estimated 312 in 2007 from 188 in 2002, according to Books in Print, which is owned by R.R. Bowker, a provider of bibliographic information." June 16, 2008Creating a Best-Selling Book Excerpt: "Still, at a time when industry tracker Bowker reports traditional publishing is flat and business titles declined 12 percent in 2007 to 7,650, creating a best seller involves more than crafting good content." June 16, 2008Me, Me, Meby Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Wall Street Journal Excerpt: "Over the past six years, the number of books written by entrepreneurs or about entrepreneurship has risen steadily, to an estimated 312 in 2007 from 188 in 2002, according to Books in Print, which is owned by R.R. Bowker, a provider of bibliographic information." June 15, 2008Bookstore Readings Go Localby J. Peder Zane, The News & Observer Excerpt: "Thanks to the development of print-on-demand technologies, the number of new titles published in the United States has almost tripled during the last five years, to 411,422 last year, according to R.R. Bowker, which publishes Books in Print." June 10, 2008John Dough on Demand Excerpt: "Bowker now counts new print-on-demand books separately from books printed in a traditional way instead of including everything with an ISBN in the same count ..." June 9, 2008Entrepreneurs Get Book Smart Excerpt: "While the number of books published by traditional publishing houses was flat in 2007, at 276,650 titles, print-on-demand titles soared to 135,000 from 22,000 the prior year, according to a May report from Bowker, a New Providence, N.J.-based firm that tracks the industry and publishes Books in Print. "'The incredible growth of print-on-demand is a clear indication of the new technology that is affording would-be or first- or second-time authors the opportunity to get their books out there in the marketplace,' said Kelly Gallagher, general manager of business intelligence at Bowker. Before the emergence of print-on-demand, publishers that use digital printers instead of traditional offset printing, authors needed to place a minimum print run of 5,000 books to make a book economically feasible, Gallagher said. The cost of entry was about $10,000." June 5, 2008Reshaping the Presidency: New Web Site Invites Essays on Obama Excerpt: "'Not only is it fast, but print on demand publishing is growing dramatically,' Beckham points out, referring to a recent survey by R.R. Bowker. They reported that the production of print on demand titles increased by more than 300% in the five-year period ending in 2007, while traditionally published titles increased by only 29 percent." June 2, 2008On-Demand Output Soars Excerpt: "The total number of new and revised editions released in the U.S. rose 39% in 2007, to 411,422 titles, according to preliminary figures released by R.R. Bowker ..." June 1, 2008Booksellers Talk Big, Act Quietly at Convention Excerpt: "New annual releases keep increasing (more than 276,000, according to researchers R.R. Bowker) ..." May 29, 2008 Preliminary 2007 Books Stats Are Out Excerpt: "Bowker, the official ISBN agency for the United States and publisher of Books In Print, has released its preliminary stats for 2007 ..." May 28, 2008On-Demand Titles Drive Jump in Book Output Excerpt: "The production of traditional books rose 1% in 2007, to 276,649 new titles and editions, but the output of on-demand, short run and unclassified titles soared from 21,936 in 2006 to 134,773 last year, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by R.R. Bowker ..." May 26, 2008The Individual Man Excerpt: "Bowker's PubTrack has compiled data on the sale of business management books in 2007, and the buying habits confirm that the market might be trending younger ..." May 9, 2008Memoirs: Whose Truth --And Does It Matter? Excerpt: "Since 1999, sales in the biography-and-memoir category have grown from $170 million to $270 million, according to the annual Bowker Industry Report." April 27, 2008You're an Author? Me Too! Excerpt: "In 2007, a whopping 400,000 books were published or distributed in the United States, up from 300,000 in 2006, according to the industry tracker Bowker, which attributed the sharp rise to the number of print-on-demand books and reprints of out-of-print titles." April 7, 2008Chains, Internet Ruled Bookselling in 2007 Excerpt: "Bookstore chains and online retailers accounted for more than half of all book units bought by adults 18 years old and older, according to figures compiled by PubTrack Consumer, a new service introduced by Bowker in 2007." March 31, 2008Handicapping a B&N Takeover of Borders Excerpt: "Bowker estimates the two combined would account for 27% of books sold by all retailers." March 25, 2008The Publishing Series Part 1: Print-On-Demand Excerpt: "ISBNS are issued by a company called Bowker. You can buy a single one, or blocks of 10, 100 or 1000 at a time. When you buy from a POD printer and not directly from Bowker, your ISBN belongs to the POD company that is printing your book." March 16, 2008Paperback Row Excerpt: "R. R. Bowker, the company that assigns International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) to books published in the United States, has developed codes and identifiers that define which books are trade paperbacks and which are mass-market." March 5, 2008Keeping Up ... What's Your Strategy? Excerpt: "RR Bowker, the company that owns the ISBN (International Standard Book Numbers) system, estimates that between 245,000 and 300,000 new books were published in each of the years 2002-2006, (2002 - 247,777, 2003 - 266,322, 2004 - 295,523, 2005 - 282,500, 2006 - 291,922)." February 27, 2008Selling Your Book Online Excerpt: "You can acquire an ISBN here, or you can go to Bowker Publisher Services, which is the official ISBN agency for the U.S. "Bowker is responsible for the assignment of ISBNs to publishers with a residence or office in the U.S.," Honsberger says. " February 20, 2008Save a Book Excerpt: "It is a sad fact but true, that books are being published faster than libraries are being built. R.R. Bowker reports that over 291,000 new books were published in 2006. That’s 33 books per hour 24/7, 365 days a year. And that’s a lot of books." January 28, 2008Lost in the Sauce Excerpt: "If I were a publisher, I would not depend on just the free Internet resources mentioned above. I would pay to subscribe to Bowker’s Books In Print, whose core business is not selling books, but maintaining a complete database of all books published or announced for publication since the inception of the ISBN in 1968." December 31, 2007Chains, Internet Dominate Bookselling Excerpt: "Chain bookstores accounted for 33% of unit book purchases in the January through September period, according to figures compiled by PubTrack Consumer, a new service introduced by Bowker earlier in 2007." December 12, 2007Older Adults and E-Books -- and How E Could Be the New Large ‘Print’ Excerpt: "Researching this essay, I looked at the Bowker’s Books in Print professional database and found that only two percent of the books printed from 2000 - 2007 were published in large print. Just one-tenth of mysteries, one of the most popular genres for the elderly, appeared in large print in 2006." December 9, 2007Crowded Shelves Excerpt: "Publishers released more than 9,000 business titles in 2006, according to RR Bowker, which tracks U.S. books sales."
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