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Chris and I were looking at some stats and thought you might be interested in them too. The new site will have a permanent stats page that will include these -- amongst a host of other stats -- all tricked-out in pie charts and graphs and images, etc. so everyone can see where we're at and how much our community is growing.

BOOKS
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Total: 43,509

• SF: 21,579
• Fantasy: 19,223
• Horror: 5,293

Book Types:

• Novel: 413,853
• Collection: 18,662
• Novella: 15,295
• Omnibus: 8,024
• Short Story: 7,702
• Novelette: 5,866
• Anthology: 4,136
• Graphic Novel: 3,089
• Non-Fiction: 987
• Light Novel: 280
• Miscellaneous: 194
• Poem: 39
• Play Script: 8

Book Awards: 29
Book Lists: 51

AUTHORS
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Total: 8,208

• Male: 4,907
• Female: 3,219
• Non-binary: 78

PUBLISHERS
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Total: 1,716

MEMBERS
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Total: 7,696

Member Reads: 478,133

• Male Authored: 373,483
• Female Authored: 121,502
• Non-binary Authored: 1,690

Reviews: 13,799

• Novels @ 413, 853 is high - this is almost ten times the total number of books (43,509).
• Even excluding Novels, the total of the remaining 12 types is 64,282 - again greater than the total number of books.
• Omnibus @ 8,024 seems high - this would mean that more than one sixth of all book records are omnibuses. Another way of looking at Omnibuses: most Omnibuses contain two or more Novels/Collections, so, at a minimum, there are 8,024 x 3 = 24,072, leaving less than 20k for Novels/Collections that have not been included in an Omnibus, as well as all the short fiction, Anthologies, Non-Fiction, Light Novels, etc. I'd guess the total to be no more than 500 or so.
• The same issue for Novellas/Short Stories/Novelettes. The total of these three is 28,863, which would represent 66% of all book records, which seems high.
• Graphic Novel @ 3,089 also seems high - we're very picky on Graphic Novels - they almost never get in unless they are award nominated or are on a list. I'd guess the total here to be no greater than 100-200.
• Light Novel @ 280 is low. Skimming the Original Japanese publication page, there looks to be around 1,500 Light Novels.