Fiction / Nonfiction Death Match

Well, not really.

However, depending on your context each type has a different strategic weight. In public libraries fiction plays a pretty big role in their service strategies and budgets. In special libraries this role can be quite small but there are some special libraries that do have larger fiction collections like prison libraries and some military libraries. Academe has literature but their stock in trade is often primary source repositories and non-fiction scholarly works. It’s all a matter of content in context.

So, I find stats like this interesting and these will likely mutate as the publishers develop better tracking mechanisms across e-book devices, formats, and cooperation between publishers and retailers – print and online. With some retailers offering the ability to share e-books and others allowing free e-book previewing in their bricks and mortar stores, it’s getting complicated!

Actually, half of all iPad Books are Fiction

Interesting that Project Gutenberg still rocks!

Stephen