Graphic Novels By the numbers
by Staff -- Publishers Weekly, 3/5/2007
4 million: Number of graphic novels sold by Scholastic Book Fairs since 2004
$330 million: Estimated sales of graphic novels in 2006
$295 million: Estimated sales of graphic novels in 2005
$75 million: Estimated sales of graphic novels in 2001
$220 million: Estimated sales of graphic novels through bookstores, 2006
$110 million: Estimated sales of graphic novels through comic shops, 2006
$32 million: Estimated sales of graphic novels through bookstores, 2001
$43 million: Estimated sales of graphic novels through comic shops, 2001
2,785: Number of graphic novels published in 2006
2,477: Number of graphic novels published in 2005
43: Percentage of graphic novels published as manga, 2006
44: Percentage of graphic novels published as manga, 2005
$170 million–$200 million: Estimated sales of manga in 2006
