YearNumber of Titles
1778461
17981,808
18802,076
18904,559
19006,356
191013,470 (peak until after World War II)
19195,714 (low point as a result of World War I)
193010,027
19358,766 (Great Depression)
194011,328
19456,548 (World War II)
195011,022
196015,012
197036,071
198042,377
199046,473
1996*68,175
2001114,487
2004*164,020
2010186,344
2013192,633
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Table : TABLE 10.1 ANNUAL NUMBERS OF NEW BOOK TITLES PUBLISHED, SELECTED YEARSData from: Figures through 1945 from John Tebbel, A History of Book Publishing in the United States, 4 vols. (New York: R. R. Bowker, 1972–81); figures after 1945 from various editions of The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac (Information Today, Inc.) and Bowker press releases.*Changes in the Almanac’s methodology in 1997 and for years 2004–07 resulted in additional publications being assigned ISBNs and included in the counts.