2. Every year more than 2 million new
books get published worldwide.
Source: Wikipedia 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_published_per_country_per_year

3. However the average book gets
sold/read no more than 250 times.
Source: Huffington Post 2012
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bj-gallagher/book-publishing_b_1394159.html

4. This results in:
-> Unhappy authors
-> Wasted resources
-> Lost knowledge
Source: Lean Book Publishing
http://www.leanbookpublishing.com

5. To solve this problem:
-> It is time for the creation of a
new way of book publishing…
…which focusses on publishing
books that readers want.

6. Our solution is
Lean Book Publishing
A new way of book publishing that focusses on:
Publishing books that readers
want/like/buy/read

7. Thereby we aim for:
-> Making both authors and readers more happy
-> And improving the efficiency, quality
and satisfaction of the book
publishing industry in general

8. That is the core of Lean Book Publishing:
-> Publishing what readers like
-> Thereby improving reader
and author satisfaction

9. What Lean Book Publishing
wants to achieve:
1) Raising the total market share
of book sales by 10%* till 2020
-> as a result of amazing books
* Total U.S. book market $27.12 billion in 2012, Source: BookStats via Paid Content – Laura Hazard Owen:
http://paidcontent.org/2013/05/15/ebooks-made-up-20-of-the-u-s-consumer-book-industry-in-2012-up-from-15-in-2011/

10. What Lean Book Publishing
wants to achieve:
2) Raising average book reader
satisfaction by 25%* till 2020
-> as a result of amazing books
* A survey estimating current reader satisfaction rates is currently in the works
Source: www.leanbookpublishing.com

11. What Lean Book Publishing
wants to achieve:
3) Educating self published authors
so that the differences in sales*
decrease by 25%** till 2020
*Differences in sales numbers between self-published and traditionally published authors
** UK Sales market share of self-published books only 2% in 2012, Source: Bowker Market Research via
The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/11/self-published-ebooks-20-per-cent-genre

17. Lean Book Publishing
focusses on publishing
books that readers want