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Publishing Statistics At the Circulating Library

Coverage

Currently, the database contains 7357 title entries, 2487 author entries, and 225 publisher entries.

In addition, the database contains 1398 serialized titles (19.0% of all titles) from 114 periodicals.

By number of volumes, the database contains

Most Prolific Authors

1. Margaret Oliphant, 71 titles.
2. G. P. R. James, 57 titles.
3. Florence Marryat, 53 titles.
4. Mary Elizabeth Braddon, 51 titles.
5. Annie Thomas, 49 titles.
6. Frederick William Robinson, 48 titles.
7. Anthony Trollope, 42 titles.
8. James Payn, 41 titles.
9. William Clark Russell, 38 titles.
10. Catherine Gore, 38 titles.
11. James Grant, 35 titles.
12. Frances Milton Trollope, 34 titles.
13. George Manville Fenn, 33 titles.
14. Ellen Wood, 32 titles.
15. Charlotte Elizabeth Riddell, 32 titles.

Most Prolific Publishers

1. Hurst and Blackett, 1029 titles.
2. Bentley, 966 titles.
3. Tinsley Brothers, 530 titles.
4. Chapman and Hall, 498 titles.
5. T. C. Newby, 471 titles.
6. Sampson Low, 305 titles.
7. Henry Colburn, 295 titles.
8. Smith, Elder, 294 titles.
9. Chatto and Windus, 263 titles.
10. F. V. White, 260 titles.
11. Saunders and Otley, 211 titles.
12. Macmillan, 190 titles.
13. Samuel Tinsley, 176 titles.
14. Ward and Downey, 169 titles.
15. Remington, 161 titles.

Most Prolific Serial Authors

1. Mary Elizabeth Braddon, 47 serialized titles.
2. Margaret Oliphant, 43 serialized titles.
3. James Payn, 39 serialized titles.
4. Anthony Trollope, 30 serialized titles.
5. Ellen Wood, 27 serialized titles.
6. William Harrison Ainsworth, 26 serialized titles.
7. Walter Besant, 25 serialized titles.
8. Frederick William Robinson, 22 serialized titles.
9. Wilkie Collins, 20 serialized titles.
10. William Edward Norris, 19 serialized titles.
11. William Black, 17 serialized titles.
12. William Clark Russell, 16 serialized titles.
13. Charles Dickens, 15 serialized titles.
14. Benjamin L. Farjeon, 15 serialized titles.
15. George MacDonald, 14 serialized titles.

Most Prolific Periodicals

1. All the Year Round, 77 serialized titles.
2. The Manchester Weekly Times, 77 serialized titles.
3. Temple Bar, 73 serialized titles.
4. Belgravia, 62 serialized titles.
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 55 serialized titles.
6. Good Words, 54 serialized titles.
7. Chambers's Journal, 51 serialized titles.
8. London Society, 51 serialized titles.
9. The Cornhill Magazine, 49 serialized titles.
10. The Bolton Weekly Journal, 48 serialized titles.
11. Part Issue, 44 serialized titles.
12. Tinsley's Magazine, 41 serialized titles.
13. Macmillan's Magazine, 40 serialized titles.
14. Argosy, 39 serialized titles.
15. The Graphic, 38 serialized titles.

© 2011 Troy J. Bassett | Contact: bassettt@ipfw.edu | Last Updated: 10 July 2011