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E-book unit sales in the United States 2017, by publisher category

Share of e-book unit sales in the United States in 2017, by publisher category

The data displays the distribution of e-book unit sales in the U.S. in 2017, broken down by publisher category. The source found that among e-books sold in the U.S., 17% were published by independent (Indie) self-publishers.

Big Five 25.6
Indie (no listed publisher) 18.9
Indie (self-published imprint) 17
Amazon Publishing 9.8
Uncategorized (Single Author) 4.5
Small Trade 3.9
Micro Press 3.4
Large Trade 3.4
Uncategorized (Few Author) 3.4
Medium Trade 3.2
Indie (Author Collective) 2.2
Uncategorized (Many Author) 2
Large Academic 1
Single-Author Mega-Imprint 0.6
New Publisher (TBD) 0.5
University Press 0.3
Academic 0.2
Specialty Publisher 0.1
Subsidy Publisher 0.1