Top 10 publishers in America

Bob Russell · 12-20-2006, 10:42 PM

Michael Hyatt, the President and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, has provided a list of the top ten trade publishers in America. One might think that this is commonly available information, but he says of his new monthly list, "As far as I know, we are the only publisher in world who has this information." Their numbers were collected over the last few months and are "a proprietary database made up of various point-of-sale databases."

Here's the top 10 publishers and their shares:

1) Random House (17.2%)
2) HarperCollins* (13.3%)
3) Simon & Schuster (9.2%)
4) Penguin (8.7%)
5) Hachette (5.9%)
6) Thomas Nelson (4.8%)
7) St. Martin’s (3.2%)
8) Tyndale (1.9%)
9) John Wiley & Sons (1.7%)
10) Scholastic (1.6%)
Total Top Ten: 67.5%

*Includes Zondervan

Thomas Nelson Publishers is the largest Christian publishing company, and so they also compiled a separate list aimed at the top ten Christian publishers. That list is also available at Michael Hyatt's blog, which also has other interesting articles such as this post on how top sellers remain at the top for shorter durations than in previous decades.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 12-21-2006, 11:10 AM

So... does he make the list of top 10 e-book publishers?

Bob Russell · 12-21-2006, 09:21 PM

Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be a part of his data. You should suggest it to him!

BooksForABuck · 02-25-2007, 08:52 PM

What happened to Harlequin?

I think if you read the fine print, you'll see that he claims this list for "Trade" publishers. Trade is the large-sized paperbacks as opposed to "Mass Market" which is the pocket sized, and obviously not including hardback and eBooks.

I also wonder whether "America" excludes Canada, which might be why Harlequin is not mentioned.

Rob Preece
Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com

Hadrien · 02-25-2007, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Russell

Thomas Nelson Publishers is the largest Christian publishing company, and so they also compiled a separate list aimed at the top ten Christian publishers. That list is also available at Michael Hyatt's blog, which also has other interesting articles such as this post on how top sellers remain at the top for shorter durations than in previous decades.

I've never seen a top ten Christian publishers list somewhere else... Seems like a very foreign and remote concept here.

12-20-2006, 10:42 PM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Top 10 publishers in America Michael Hyatt, the President and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, has provided a list of the top ten trade publishers in America. One might think that this is commonly available information, but he says of his new monthly list, "As far as I know, we are the only publisher in world who has this information." Their numbers were collected over the last few months and are "a proprietary database made up of various point-of-sale databases." Here's the top 10 publishers and their shares: 1) Random House (17.2%) 2) HarperCollins* (13.3%) 3) Simon & Schuster (9.2%) 4) Penguin (8.7%) 5) Hachette (5.9%) 6) Thomas Nelson (4.8%) 7) St. Martin’s (3.2%) 8) Tyndale (1.9%) 9) John Wiley & Sons (1.7%) 10) Scholastic (1.6%) Total Top Ten: 67.5% *Includes Zondervan Thomas Nelson Publishers is the largest Christian publishing company, and so they also compiled a separate list aimed at the top ten Christian publishers. That list is also available at Michael Hyatt's blog, which also has other interesting articles such as this post on how top sellers remain at the top for shorter durations than in previous decades.

02-25-2007, 08:52 PM	#4
BooksForABuck Zealot Posts: 123 Karma: 150001 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Long Beach, CA Device: Color Nook, Kindle 2, Palm III, eBookWise, HP Jornada	Missing publisher What happened to Harlequin? I think if you read the fine print, you'll see that he claims this list for "Trade" publishers. Trade is the large-sized paperbacks as opposed to "Mass Market" which is the pocket sized, and obviously not including hardback and eBooks. I also wonder whether "America" excludes Canada, which might be why Harlequin is not mentioned. Rob Preece Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com

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12-21-2006, 11:10 AM	#2
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	So... does he make the list of top 10 e-book publishers?

12-21-2006, 09:21 PM	#3
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be a part of his data. You should suggest it to him!

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