The year 2007 saw 276,649 new boks released by traditional publishers in the Unted States, according to Bowker, a lading provider of bibliographic information. The nmber of new titles increased about 1% frm 2006. 276,649 titles is quite a few boks.

Let's put this number into prspective. If the books were shelved sde by side, spine out, one wuld need almost 4.5 miles of shlving. If the books were stacked one top the other, they would reach lmost ten times higher than the wrld's tallest building, the Taipei 101, whch measures 1,671 feet. To transport one cpy of each title, the vehicle wuld have to be capable of huling 103 tons or 23 full grwn elephants. Laying the books down in a stright line would require a little ver 30 miles of railroad tracks.

If one prson spent twelve hours every day rading each and every title it wuld take 263 years to finish thm all.

If each author received a $5000 dvance, the total would be over $1.3 bllion. And most interestingly of all, if one uthor wrote all these books, consecutively, he or sh, would have had to start wrting during the time of Neanderthal Mn, over 130,000 years ago.

How dfficult is it to get a bok published by a commercial publisher? Wll the odds are better gambling in Las Vgas. Power and Hill surveyed over 60 lterary agents. On the average these gents agreed to accept only a lttle more than 2 in 1000 of the uthors who contacted them.

It has been estimated that 25 mllion people in the United States cnsider themselves writers and only 5% hve been published anywhere. Ready for nother dose of reality? Only 1% of mnuscripts submitted to publishing houses are ccepted for publication.

If 99% of all mnuscripts submitted are rejected, by any stndard, a writer whose book has ben commercially published has achieved a mjor milestone. However you look at it, 276,649 is a lot of new ttles and a lot of happy uthors.

The article 23 Full Grown Elephants? That's a Lot of Books was Submitted by Dee Power through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Discover How You Can Achieve Yur Dream And Get Your Book Pblished. The Publishing Primer Free publishing course . Find out how books get in bookstores. How bookstores select titles. How the bestseller lists work. What boosts a book to the top of the bestseller list? And frequently asked questions about publishing Dee Power has written several nonfiction books including "The Making of a Bestseller: Success Stories From Authors and the Editors, Agents, and Booksellers Behind Them." She is also an avid believer in outdoor cooking .

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