
Earnings of the wealthiest authors worldwide from June 2018 to June 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on Book authors
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Number of writers and authors in the U.S. 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Publisher types used by authors in the U.S. 2018
- Premium Statistic Self-publishing platforms used by authors in the U.S. 2018
- Premium Statistic U.S. book publishers revenue 2010-2021, by source
- Premium Statistic U.S. publishing industry - estimated revenue 2005-2021
- Premium Statistic Largest self-publishing companies in the U.S. in 2018, by number of titles published
- Premium Statistic Book publishers with the highest title count in the U.S. 2017
- Basic Statistic Nobel Prize in Literature - countries with the most winners 1901-2019
Income
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- Premium Statistic U.S. authors' average royalty income 2013-2017, by type
- Premium Statistic U.S. author's income share of individual earnings 2013-2017, by type
- Premium Statistic Full-time authors earning income solely from books in the U.S. 2018
- Basic Statistic Earnings of the wealthiest authors worldwide 2019
- Basic Statistic E.L. James - earnings 2012-2018
- Basic Statistic J. K. Rowling - earnings 2010-2019
- Basic Statistic James Patterson - earnings 2010-2019
- Basic Statistic John Grisham - earnings 2010-2018
Emerging vs. established authors
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- Basic Statistic Average number of published books by authors in the U.S. 2017
- Basic Statistic Editing costs for successful and emerging authors in the U.S. 2017
- Basic Statistic Book cover design costs for successful and emerging authors in the U.S. 2017
- Basic Statistic Authors with day jobs in the U.S. 2017
Young adult authors
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- Premium Statistic Juvenile/YA fiction books sales in the U.S. H1 2018
- Premium Statistic Juvenile/YA nonfiction books sales in the U.S. H1 2018
- Premium Statistic Books sold by publishing houses among YA authors U.S. 2017
- Premium Statistic Number of publisher rejections before debut book sale among YA authors U.S. 2017
- Premium Statistic Speed of debut book sale after signing with an agent among YA authors U.S. 2017
Canadian data
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- Premium Statistic Canada unit book sales 2013-2021
- Premium Statistic Canada share of book sales 2013-2021, by subject
- Premium Statistic Leading Canadian-authored book formats bought by readers in 2017
- Premium Statistic Canadian book buyers reading Canadian authors in 2012-2017
- Premium Statistic Book buyers using selected purchasing channels who read Canadian-authored books 2017
- Premium Statistic Most popular Canadian book authors named by readers in 2017
- Premium Statistic Canadians' interest in reading award-nominated books 2018
Writing styles
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- Premium Statistic Longest first sentences of novels by author 2017
- Premium Statistic Shortest first sentences to novels by author 2017
- Premium Statistic Number of clichés used by authors worldwide 2017
- Premium Statistic Number of exclamation points in novels worldwide 2017, by author
- Premium Statistic Number of adverbs in novels worldwide 2017, by author
Further related statistics
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- Top earning children’s authors 2016
- Book sales revenue in Sweden cumulated 2016, by format
- Book market revenue in Iceland 2006-2016
- Adult books sales revenue in the U.S 2014-2015, by format
- Global print and e-book revenue 2013-2018, by type
- Books sold by publishing houses among middle grade authors U.S. 2017
- Publisher rejections before debut book sale among middle grade authors U.S. 2017
- Authors who mention weather in first sentence of books worldwide 2017
- Spain: import value of books from the European publishing industry in 2016, by type
- Active literary agents in Spain 2017-2019, by type
- Import value of books from Asia to Spain in 2016, by country
- Spanish publishing industry: import value of books from North African countries 2015
- Export value of non-university books from Spain to European countries 2016
- Number of book translations in Poland 2020, by language
- Number of books published in the U.S. in the category 'poetry/drama' 2002-2013
- El Salvador: book exports by country 2017
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- Book market revenue in Iceland 2006-2016
- Adult books sales revenue in the U.S 2014-2015, by format
- Global print and e-book revenue 2013-2018, by type
- Books sold by publishing houses among middle grade authors U.S. 2017
- Publisher rejections before debut book sale among middle grade authors U.S. 2017
- Authors who mention weather in first sentence of books worldwide 2017
- Spain: import value of books from the European publishing industry in 2016, by type
- Active literary agents in Spain 2017-2019, by type
- Import value of books from Asia to Spain in 2016, by country
- Spanish publishing industry: import value of books from North African countries 2015
- Export value of non-university books from Spain to European countries 2016
- Number of book translations in Poland 2020, by language
- Number of books published in the U.S. in the category 'poetry/drama' 2002-2013
- El Salvador: book exports by country 2017
Forbes. (December 20, 2019). Earnings of the wealthiest authors worldwide from June 2018 to June 2019 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 23, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/275232/earnings-of-the-wealthiest-authors-worldwide/
Forbes. "Earnings of the wealthiest authors worldwide from June 2018 to June 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 20, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/275232/earnings-of-the-wealthiest-authors-worldwide/
Forbes. (2019). Earnings of the wealthiest authors worldwide from June 2018 to June 2019 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/275232/earnings-of-the-wealthiest-authors-worldwide/
Forbes. "Earnings of The Wealthiest Authors Worldwide from June 2018 to June 2019 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/275232/earnings-of-the-wealthiest-authors-worldwide/
Forbes, Earnings of the wealthiest authors worldwide from June 2018 to June 2019 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/275232/earnings-of-the-wealthiest-authors-worldwide/ (last visited March 23, 2023)
Earnings of the wealthiest authors worldwide from June 2018 to June 2019 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Forbes, December 20, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/275232/earnings-of-the-wealthiest-authors-worldwide/