In the UK, self-published books, both digital and print, accounted for 5% of the total market in 2014, according to Nielsen Book, amounting to some £58 million of book spend and some 17 million units. Self-published titles represented 5% of all books sold - print and digital - and 15% of all ebooks. The sector grew 16% in the first quarter of 2015 and has leapt 77% since 2012. Everyone knows self-publishing is growing, but there is nothing like hard data to bring it home.
Nielsen: Self-Publishing Now More Like Traditional Publishing - Publishing Perspectives
15 June 2015
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