US books sales in 2020 were mixed, with AAP reporting trade book revenues up but declines in K-12 and higher education materials.
AAP PROSE Awards: ‘Ancient Maya Politics’ Wins 2021 Hawkins Honor
With Cambridge University Press taking two of the 2021 super-category PROSE Excellence Awards, a political anthropologist wins the Hawkins.
AAP PROSE Awards: The 2021 Category Winners
From biological science and ‘The Ethical Algorithm’ to legal studies and ‘Demagogue for President,’ the AAP PROSE category winners embrace 45 fields of study.
AAP StatShot: US Adult Book Sales Up 35.4 Percent in November
An unusual dip for downloaded audiobooks plays into the November 2020 StatShot book sales figures from the Association of American Publishers.
AAP PROSE Awards: The 2021 Category Finalists
From ‘Macbeth in Harlem’ to ‘Nitrogen Overload,’ the 2021 AAP PROSE Awards longlist spotlights 130 titles in scholarly publishing.
Report Cites 5.7 Million US Employees in ‘Core’ Copyright Industries
The International Intellectual Property Association produces its latest report on US ‘core’ copyright industries’ place in the economy.
‘Tehran Book Fair Uncensored’ Is Now Underway in Its Fifth Edition: Online
The Tehran Book Fair Uncensored program is online this week, with as many as a dozen independent publishers of Persian literature.
AAP Reports 23-Percent Increase on US E-Textbooks in Fall Semester
Pandemic-era distance learning has driven up digital course material purchases by students per the Association of American Publishers.
AAP’s StatShot: US Trade Books Up 17.9 Percent in July, Year Over Year
The pandemic summer continues to produce strong book sales results for most US trade publishing sectors, according to AAP StatShot figures.
US Market Update: Continued Growth, 5.6 Percent Up in Units
Nonfiction continues strong in the American market amid the traditional August slowdown, and ahead of a release-heavy autumn.