«We predict the value of
the overall fiction market will fall 16 % this year, and by a further 4 % in 2014.
Not exact matches
Still, there's that warning that
fiction overall is a softening
market component — in Nielsen's analysis, «as people increasingly divide their attention between multiple forms of media.»
As for
fiction, it's a very niche
market with an
overall rate of 10 - 12 %.
Overall, however, the Irish retail book sector remains remarkably buoyant despite the recession, with the latest Nielsen data valuing the
fiction market here at just over $ 37m for 2009 with sales of 3,882,427 to date for 46,929 titles.
You say «The
market for literary
fiction is anemic for indie authors simply because it is an anemic segment of publishing
overall.»