The Author Inside You: Americans write 750,000 book-length manuscripts a year, of which fewer than 60,000 are published. A ‘02 Jenkins Group survey found: 81% of Americans feel they should write a book., 28% see it as a self-help or DIY book, 27% a non-fiction book, 27% a fiction work, and 20% think they should write another kind (a cookbook, a children’s book, etc.). Jerrold Jenkins estimates that 6 million Americans have written a book-length manuscript. That’s only 2% of the population. (American Libraries Assoc 2/03/05)
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