What is the biggest book market in the world? What other national book markets have a substantial slice of the global pie?

Not surprising, the United States is the largest book market with a 26% share. It makes sense that China  is next with a 12% share.

Rounding out big four are Germany at 8%, and Japan at 7%. The top 10 markets make up approximately two-thirds of the global book industry.

The data was gathered by Rudiger Wischenbart Content Consulting for the International Publishers Association 2013 report. The chart reflects the value of each market as determined by book publishing per data along with number of new titles per 1 million inhabitants.