15 Billion. That’s the total net revenue that U.S. publishers took in last year. By some measures, it’s a great deal of money—representing the hundreds of thousands of trade hardcovers, paperbacks, ebooks, and audiobooks that get bought and sold annually in the United States. By other measures, it’s hardly a blip on the multi-trillion dollar economic landscape, a pittance of a percentage of the American GDP.
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