(2008-02-09) Most Books Get Few Readers

Here's a A-List/Long Tail stat on Book Publishing:

• Minimum number of different books sold in the U.S. last year, as tracked by Nielsen Book Scan: 1,446,000
• Number of these that sold fewer than 99 copies: 1,123,000 (78% Long Tail)
• Number that sold more than 100,000: 483. (<1%)
• Leaving 322,517 (21%) in the Middle