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In the United States, there are about 86,000 small publishers, 300 to 400 medium sized publishers and six large publishers. Out of these six large publishers, four are foreign owned publishers. But the number of small book publishers out number all other. There are so many of them and they are increasing at the rate of 15% every year. Most of the small publishers earn around 400,000 dollars a year. Though this might not be very high, it certainly shows the inclination to earn more. Many of the high profit margin small book publishers earned over 1 million dollars in 1997 working out small home offices!

Though small book publishers are small in size and do not have a professional organization behind them, it is true that they do make large profits where they could. They have also shown that they have brought out a large number of titles together. On an average every small book publisher has about 7 titles under him or her. This means that there are about 600,000 titles done by small book publishers alone. This certainly makes them a major force to reckon with in the publishing industry. In most of the small book publishers, the average revenue generated per employee is nearly one hundred thousand dollars. This is more or less in line with the other industry standards, though in service industries this has long been superseded.

Most of the small book publishers are independent book publishers too. They address the requirements of many a niche area. For instance, in California there are a large number of small book publishers almost six times what the other states have. Not just in numbers but also in terms of books published. This indicates the way the publishing industry is moving, with the computers and the software available at every disk, publishing is an easy job today which could be done from home. This is what is leading to large scale growth in small publishers. Many of these publishers mostly produce eBooks and a few printed books too.

If you are a small book publisher or if you are the one who is looking to become a small book publisher, all that you need have is the aptitude to do so. There are a number of associations and online membership sites that help the small book publisher to identify the right distributor for their books across the entire world. It is certainly possible for any one to aspire and to become a small book publisher. Therefore, go ahead identify the book, plan your market launch, and identify your distributor and your retail chain. This will be sufficient enough to bring your book out. Of course, it is very essential that you have close financial management too!

If you are the one who is looking for a small book publisher to print your book, look for the sites that have a list of publishers with them. There are a large number of sites that give a complete list of such small book publishers with their interest areas as well. Write to them with all the details of your book including the market potential and the target market. And then, of course, pray to God!

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