Self Publishing Stats: Number of Self-Published books up 287% since 2006

If you are the type who tends to take notice of sudden growth in areas, here is one for you - self publishing, as an activity and probably as an industry, is growing at phenomenal rates - some 287 percent since 2006 (Source). We had earlier spotted some ebook stats - the combination of these two stats clearly shows a growing trend, one which can be called frictionless publishing.

Publishers need to take note of this fact - we are looking at a newspapers in 1999 scenario now.