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February 1, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Quest for Good YA Publishing Statistics

February 1, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS   2 comments

Searching for Good YA Publishing Statistics//

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So I am currently working on doing some hardcore YA collection data analysis for my library. In addition to looking at what we have and how much it circulates, I was curious to know how much YA is published yearly to get a better idea of our YA collection size relative to what is available for purchase. And then, out of curiosity, I was curious to know what percentage of books published each year fall into the YA category. To be honest, this data has been much harder to find then I anticipated. Below I have collected some resources that I have found and tweeted about. If you have some good resources or data, I would love for you to share in the comments.

My questions are:

How many YA titles were published in 2017?

What percentage of titles published in 2017 were YA?

Is the number of YA titles being published growing, shrinking, or staying the same?

Thank you,

Karen


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  1. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    Does anyone have good numbers or a good source on how many YA titles were published in 2017 & what percentage of published titles were YA?

    Mon, Jan 29 2018 20:51:00

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  2. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    So I am putting together some intense YA collection analysis. I have a ton of in house stats, but I really need a general idea of how many YA titles are pubbed yearly and what % of overall publishing is YA. My goal is to help determine how much $ & floor space for YA. Anyone????

    Tue, Jan 30 2018 02:24:39

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  3. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16

    Goodreads lists approximately 1200 for 2017

    I found an article that talked about growth in the YA market, but it was from 2012.


    Tue, Jan 30 2018 02:25:58

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  4. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    In 2010 the number was around 5,000! http://www.ala.org/tools/number-young-adult-books-published …

    Tue, Jan 30 2018 02:29:19

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  5. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    This says 10,000 in 2012  https://www.thebalance.com/the-young-adult-book-market-2799954 …

    Tue, Jan 30 2018 02:31:31

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  6. This says 30,000 (and has some other interesting info graphics) pic.twitter.com/el2jM6Fvch

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    Tue, Jan 30 2018 02:38:52

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  7. Here's another infographic https://t.co/kKW70PQatc

    Here’s another infographic pic.twitter.com/kKW70PQatc

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    Tue, Jan 30 2018 02:40:43

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  8. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    Here's another discussion, but again it's older  http://www.underdown.org/YA-book-boom.htm …

    Tue, Jan 30 2018 02:45:47

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  9. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    Everything You Wanted to Know about Book Sales (But Were Afraid to Ask) - this article is interesting info, but doesn't answer my question  https://www.google.com/amp/s/electricliterature.com/amp/p/1fe6bc00aa2d …

    Tue, Jan 30 2018 02:48:54

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  10. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    Again, some more interesting info to ponder regarding pub stats  http://authornews.penguinrandomhouse.com/five-key-book-market-trends/ …

    Tue, Jan 30 2018 02:55:07

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  11. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    One of the things that makes trying to find this data difficult is that in reports YA can still be thrown in with Children's

    Tue, Jan 30 2018 02:56:17

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  12. WhitneyWinn

    Whitney Winn@WhitneyWinn
    @TLT16 I wrote a bit about the project I tried to do here:  http://www.youthservicescorner.com/2015/ya-literature-data-project/ …. I think because it's industry data, a lot of the numbers are a bit secretive?

    @TLT16

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    Tue, Jan 30 2018 03:00:05

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  13. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    This says YA was down in  http://newsroom.publishers.org/us-publishing-industrys-annual-survey-reveals-nearly-28-billion-in-revenue-in-2015/ …

    Tue, Jan 30 2018 03:01:14

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  14. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    Some interesting stats. Not walking to pay $325 for full report  https://www.statista.com/topics/1177/book-market/ …

    Tue, Jan 30 2018 03:15:13

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Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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  1. Kate B. says

    February 1, 2018 at 1:53 pm

    I think a lot of this depends on your definition of “published”–my guess is that the ebook numbers you’ve found include all self-published e-books that are categorized as YA, which will be different from the number of books from formal publishers, which will be different from the number of books covered in review journals, etc.

    A good person to ask might be the chair/administrative asst for the Printz committee? They might have a ballpark figure.

  2. Edi Campbell says

    February 1, 2018 at 4:55 pm

    Your questions will be answered in the annual edition of Library and Book Trade Almanac Published by Information Today.

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