Thomas Nelson By the numbers

by Staff -- Publishers Weekly, 9/11/2006

$253.0 million: Total Nelson sales in fiscal 2006

$237.8 million: Total Nelson sales in fiscal 2005

650: Number of employees, March 2006

$389,230: Sales per employee in fiscal 2006

500: Number of new titles released in fiscal 2006

450: Number of new titles released in fiscal 2005

480: Number of new titles released in fiscal 2004

3,900: Number of backlist titles

54: Percentage of publishing division sales generated by backlist titles, fiscal 2006

$216.7 million: Publishing division sales, fiscal 2006

$204.4 million: Publishing division sales, fiscal 2005

3: Number of trade titles that sold over 500,000 copies in fiscal 2006

0: Number of trade titles that sold over 500,000 copies in fiscal 2005

22: Percentage increase of net billings for top 10 trade titles in fiscal 2006

130: Number of sales reps

15,000: Number of retail accounts

18,000: Number of church, school and other accounts