InStat <a href="http://www.instat.com" title="quotes Dave Kusak”>quotes Dave Kusak and Gerd Leonhard, co-authors of a book titled <a href="http://www.futureofmusicbook.com/" title="The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution“>The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution. Of 30 thousand CD titles that were released in 2004, only 400 titles sold more than 100 thousand units, and 25 thousand titles sold fewer than 1,000 CDs. The big recording companies lose money 98.7% of the time.