QUICK TAKES - May 20, 2009
Associated Press
A shrinking economy and rising technology have transformed how, and how many, books are being published.
With publishers cutting back new releases in response to declining sales, an estimated 275,000 traditional books were released in the United States last year, a drop of about 9,000 from 2007, according to Bowker, a New Providence, N.J.-based company that compiles industry statistics.
Categories with the biggest reductions included travel, religion and biography, Bowker said Tuesday.
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