Q&A: How many novels are written per year?

Question by smalldarkmovies: How many novels are written per year?

I recently heard that somewhere on the order of 100,000 new screenplays for movies are written each year. Does anyone have any statistics/estimates on how many new novels are written (not published, just written) each year?
Maybe it would be better to narrow it down... how many novels are submitted to publishers for consideration each year?




Best answer:

Answer by guenthercorp
This sort of figure would be impossible to count or even calculate since anyone with a pen and paper can write a novel.

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