The average big bookstore carries 80,000 books.
Not exact matches
A recent snapshot of e-book prices found that titles in the Kindle
bookstore from the five
biggest publishers cost, on
average, $ 10.81, while all other 2015 e-books on the site had an
average price of $ 4.95, according to industry researcher Codex Group LLC.
If you want to be published by one of the «
Big Five» publishers — the New York houses that represent the large majority of what you'll find in your
average bookstore — then you do need an agent.
Now for
big name authors, their books» Amazon ratings may not matter so much — they have such a reputation and presence in
bookstores that the
average Joe will just buy the book off the shelve without doing research first.