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Data for Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Current Statistics

• 26,867 PG U.S.

•  1,706 PG Australia

•    530 PG Europe

•    177 PG Canada

•  2,461 PrePrints

Statistic Comparisons: 1971-Present

• ~30 years, from 1971 to the end of 2000 to do the first 3,042 eBooks
• ~32 years, from 1971 to 2003 to do the first 10,000 eBooks
• ~10 years from 1993 to 2003 to grow from 100 eBooks to 10,100
• ~12.5 years from January 1994 to June 2006 to go from 100 to 20,100
• ~2.8 years from October 2003 to June 2006 from 10,000 to 20,000

Book Milestones

#     1 -- Jul 1971 -- The United States Declaration of Independence

#    10 -- Aug 1989 -- The King James Bible

#   100 -- Jan 1994 -- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

# 1,000 -- Aug 1997 -- La Divina Commedia di Dante

# 2,000 -- May 1999 -- Don Quijote

# 3,000 -- Dec 2000 -- A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs (vol.3)

# 4,000 -- Oct 2001 -- The French Immortals Series

# 5,000 -- Apr 2002 -- The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

#10,000 -- Oct 2003 -- The Magna Carta

#15,000 -- Jan 2005 -- The Life of Reason

#25,000 -- Apr 2008 -- English Book Collectors

Weekly Averages:

• 78 per week in 2007
• 80 per week in 2006
• 58 per week in 2005
• 78 per week in 2004
• 79 per week in 2003
• 47 per week in 2002
• 24 per week in 2001

Monthly Averages:

• 338 per month in 2007
• 345 per month in 2006
• 252 per month in 2005
• 338 per month in 2004
• 348 per month in 2003
• 203 per month in 2002
• 104 per month in 2001

Yearly eBook Totals:

• 4049 new eBooks in 2007
• 4141 new eBooks in 2006
• 3019 new eBooks in 2005
• 4058 new eBooks in 2004
• 4176 new eBooks in 2003
• 2432 new eBooks in 2002
• 1244 new eBooks in 2001

• 3042 eBooks posted from 1971-2000