by Dave Chesson, Your Book Trend Watchdog, and Kindlepreneur founder
At Kindlepreneur, we’ve dug into Amazon trends and found something you’ll want to check out. I was surprised when my team showed me this analysis; it raises interesting questions about the book market.
Book and eBook Lengths are Changing
There’s been a dramatic change in book-length over the years. The chart below shows the average page length of ebooks published on Amazon:
That’s a sharp rise in page length after 2015. It’s difficult to tell what might cause this, but it could be related to:
- The growing popularity of box sets in the e-book market
- The rise of longer genres like Fantasy
- Fewer restrictions on digital book length from publishers
I don’t have all the answers. I encourage you to share these chart images so we can tap into the collective wisdom of the author community. Together, I bet we can figure out what’s really going on behind the scenes.
Print Books Are Shrinking
My team also noticed print books are getting shorter over time.
Again, the reasons behind this trend are a bit of a mystery. Some possible culprits could be:
- Rising printing costs
- Changing preferences in physical book trim sizes (larger pages fit more words)
- The growth of shorter specialized books like puzzles and coloring books
