Based on preliminary figures, Bowker is projecting
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The catalyst for growth in 2004 was adult fiction, which reversed
a three -year plateau and increased a staggering 43.5%.3% decline in 2003. New
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five locations in the Dallas area. title output in 2004 increased by 14% to 195,000 new titles
and editions, reaching another all-time high. Adult fiction now accounts for 14% of all titles published
in the U. publishers, 22% for the largest trade
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U.S. Book Production Reaches New High of 195 000 Titles in 2004; Fiction Soars

In 2004, the average suggested retail price for adult hardcovers
released by the largest trade houses decreased 10 cents to $27.49.76; adult fiction trade paperbacks increased
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banking and trust experience. Since 1995, new titles have
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increased 11 cents to $15.1% from 2003. The data is sent to Bowker in electronic files, and via
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Jennifer Eshbaugh recently joined the bank's Trust + Financial Services
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University presses increased their title output 12.com/bookwire/decadebookproduction.

Novels published by the large trade houses averaged 359 pages
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