2005–2006 By the numbers

by Staff -- Publishers Weekly, 1/2/2006

41%: Increase in e-book sales, through October 2005, according to the AAP

$229–$399: Price range for new dedicated e-book reader expected to be announced this month by a major consumer electronics company

2: Number of lawsuits filed against Google Print for Libraries program in 2005

100 to 1: Odds that a settlement will be reached in either suit in 2006

$29,250: Cost to rent a 1,000-sq.-ft. booth at BEA in 2005

$31,750: Cost to rent a 1,000-sq.-ft. booth at BEA in 2006

70: Total number of superstores opened by Barnes & Noble, Borders and Books-A-Million in 2005

80: Projected number of superstores to be opened by Barnes & Noble, Borders and Books-A-Million in 2006

0: New Stephen King hardcovers published by Scribner in 2005

2: New Stephen King hardcovers to be published by Scribner in 2006 (Cell on Jan. 24, Lisey's Story on Oct. 24)

1.6 million: Number of hardcover editions of The Da Vinci Code sold in 2005

5 million?: Guesstimate of first printing of The Solomon Key, which may or may not be published in 2006