The pandemic summer continues to produce strong book sales results for most US trade publishing sectors, according to AAP StatShot figures.
US Industry: NPD and StatShot Reports Show Pandemic Summer Progress
In the AAP’s StatShot for June and NPD’s report on the first week of August, US book sales show resilience during the coronavirus pandemic.
US Publishers, Authors, Booksellers Call Out Amazon’s ‘Concentrated Power’ in the Market
American professional associations for authors, publishers, and booksellers write to the House Antitrust Subcommittee about what they call Amazon’s ‘scale of operation’
US Market Statistics: The AAP StatShot Annual Report for 2019
Having risen by a slim 1.1 percent over 2018, the US book industry logged $25.63 billion in revenue in 2019, according to the AAP Statshot annual report.
Coronavirus Update: AAP StatShot Shows US Book Market in May
In looking at the May StatShot report just released by the AAP, not only is there a 12.1-percent drop in sales year-over-year but also drop-offs in returns.
AAP Report Finds Students Are Still Spending Less on Course Materials
Amid a boom of options in formats and distribution of course-material options, a third of students’ spending on publishers’ content has evaporated.
Industry Resource Lists: Publishers’ Responses Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
In both the UK and the US, the publishers’ associations are offering guides on how publishers are—and can—respond to the coronavirus crisis.
Carmen Bambach’s ‘Definitive’ Leonardo Study Wins AAP’s 2020 Hawkins Award
Yale’s publication of Carmen C. Bambach’s four-volumne Leonardo work takes the top honor in the Association of American Publishers’ PROSE Awards.
AAP PROSE Awards Names Its Five 2020 Winners
The winners of the 2020 PROSE Awards’ main categories honoring scholarly writing now are in competition for the top RR Hawkins Award.
AAP 2020 PROSE Awards Name Category Winners
A long roster of winners have been named in the AAP Prose Awards for scholarly publishing. The top winner of the RR Hawkins Award will be honored June 23.