According to the ICv2 White Paper, comics and graphic novels sales in the United States and Canada has fallen "with periodical comics slipping 3% and graphic novels declining by 6% for an overall drop of 5% as the total market receded from an estimated $715 million in 2008 to $680 million in 2009." A difference of $35 million is a lot of money. Not only did the comic and graphic novel sales drop, manga sales in the said countries has fallen for a second straight year. In 2007, manga reached its high point of $210 million in sales. However, in 2008, the sales was $175 million with the difference being $35 million, which is similar to the comic and graphic novel sales drop. Then in 2009, sales declined to $140 million and the damage is another $35 million. So, the difference between 2007 and 2009 is $70 million. When will the decline in sales stop? To learn more about the sales situation, check out the links below.
© 2010 Linda Thai
Fewer Manga in 2010 And 2009 Markets in Internal Correspondence ICv2, Published: 03/18/2010 12:00am
Comic Sales Bounce Back in March Combined Sales Up for the Quarter ICv2, Published: 04/13/2010 12:00am
Comics and Graphic Novel Sales Down in 2009 Comics Slip 3%, GN's Drop By 6% ICv2, Published: 04/16/2010, Last Updated: 04/19/2010 07:01am
A Second Bad Year in a Row for Manga Sales Down 20% in 2009 ICv2, Published: 04/16/2010, Last Updated: 04/18/2010 11:57pm
C2E2 Debuts; 2009 Graphic Novel Sales Down The ICv2 white paper on graphic novel sales and Diamond's Retailer Summit
By Calvin Reid and Heidi Macdonald, Publishers Weekly, 4/19/2010 10:00:48 AM
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