The document discusses the global publishing market, with a focus on China. It provides statistics on the number of native English speakers worldwide and the distribution of English speakers in major publishing markets. It also shares data on the annual sales and characteristics of the publishing industries in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, South Africa, and New Zealand.

2. Number of Native Speakers (millions) Source: http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500404/Languages_Spoken_by_More_Than_10_Million_People.html

3. More than Native Speakers… The English-Speaking World’s population includes Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, US, Guyana, Jamaica, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

4. Distribution of Native English Speakers in the Major Publishing Markets (millions)

5. Distribution of the Total Number of Native and Second-Language English Speakers (millions) David Crystal, 2005 Total 941 m

6. From Speakers to Book Markets

7. From Speakers to Book Markets…

8. Distribution of Annual Sales China and the English-Speaking World Total US$ 51bn

9. Distribution of Annual Sales The English-Speaking World Total 35.91 US$bn