Phnom Penh (FN), Sep. 13 – The US is by far the world’s largest book market, registering nearly four times as many ISBNs as second-place Japan in 2022.

The US is also home to the largest publishers in the world. Penguin Random House (PRH), Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster are known as the Big Five in the publishing world.

According to WordsRated, the Big Five control over 80% of the trade book market in the United States as of 2022.

South Korea has the highest number of publishers among the surveyed countries, with 75,324 publishers in the country. In 2023, a notable trend in the Korean publishing market was the surge in popularity of self-help books.

According to Kyobo Bookstore, Korea’s largest book retailer, self-help titles dominated the charts, claiming the top three bestsellers and 15 spots within the top 100.

This article was originally published on Voronoiapp.
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