Source on fiction selling better than non-fiction?
I can't think of any explanation for a book written by an early female employee at Facebook receiving little attention other than a clear judgment about the value of the author's voice.
I can't think of any explanation for a book written by an early female employee at Facebook receiving little attention other than a clear judgment about the value of the author's voice.
I'm not the OP, but I think the claim is ambiguous at best:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/fi...
2010 2011 % Change
Adult Nonfiction 271,518,000 263,030,000 -3.1%
Adult Fiction 194,775,000 160,336,000 -17.7
Juvenile Nonfiction 36,931,000 35,799,000 -3.0
Juvenile Fiction 151,116,000 143,316,000 -5.2
It is hard to get good figures overall, but if you include both print and ebook, it seems to be about 60% fiction and 40% non fiction.