Quantity of Publishers by Year 1947: 357 publishers 1973: 3,000 publishers 1980: 12,000 Publishers. The New York Times, February 23, 1981. 1994: 52,847 publishers. Books in Print. 2003: About 73,000 (plus those who publish through POD/DotCom publishers; they use the publisher's ISBN block.) 2004: 85,000 publishers |