Not exact matches
The
company said it's looking for submissions from
outside the
traditional publishing industry, including «serious writers, thinkers, scientists, business leaders, historians, politicians and publishers.»
The number you quoted is actually the number of books NOT
published by
traditional publishers: «Bowker reported that 764,448 titles were released in 2009 that were
outside of the
company's «
traditional publishing and classification definitions»» According to the post,
traditional publishers released «an estimated 288,355 titles in 2009.»
Since good editing, cover design, print / e-book design and layout, and even printing of physical (paper) books are available
outside of the
traditional publishing industry, one has to wonder just what
traditional publishing companies have to offer the aspiring writer.
Bowker, a
company that tracks industry statistics, calculated that, in 2009 alone, new titles
published outside of «
traditional publishing and classification definitions» numbered 764,448.
According to a 2012 study by the Society of Actuaries, 65 % of polled insurance
companies have instituted a policy of «stretch criteria,» defined as «any formal written rules that exist
outside a
company's
traditional published preferred criteria -LSB-, and] that allow underwriters to vary from the preferred criteria.»