Russia’s Samokat has been awarded the Jeri Laber International Freedom to Publish Award from the Association of American Publishers.
Children’s and Young Adult Drive Book Sales for 2014
The AAP reports book sales for 2014 rose 4.9% to $15.72 billion compared to 2013, driven by children’s and YA books, up 20.8% to $1.9 billion for the year.
#TwitterFiction Fest 2014: A Celebration of Storytelling
Dozens of top authors will join the #TwitterFiction Festival, March 12-16, and will take on the challenge of story-telling in 140 characters.
US Export of English-language Print and Ebooks Proliferating
The UK and Germany were the top overseas markets for US print books in 2012, while Europe led the UK in consumption of US ebooks, according to the AAP.
Google and AAP Settle Lawsuit, Opening Door for Contested Content
After seven years of litigation, Google and the Association of American Publishers have settled their lawsuit, opening the door for Google to display contested content.
American Publishing Revenue Grows 5.6 Percent Since 2008
The publishing industry in the United States has grown since 2008 thanks to increased sales of e-books, fiction and higher education books.
US Digital Sales Up 147% in May, Print Plops
Digital sales are booming, up 146.9% in May and produced $73.4 million in revenue, according to the Association of American Publishers.
AEP’s Charlene Gaynor on Digitization in Educational Publishing
Interview with Charlene Gaynor, CEO of the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) on digitization in educational publishing.
#BEA11: New Data Shows Growth Across the Publishing Industry
By Hannah Johnson Today, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) presented a new statistics report called BookStats, aimed at providing more complete data to the publishing industry. The aim of the report, according to Dominique Raccah of Sourcebooks, will be to show “how publishers develop, repurpose and recast content.” The full report will …
#PubNewsCheat: E-book Sales Still Rising, Random Invests in Flat World
Our cheat sheet to some of last week’s notable publishing news from around the world… By Hannah Johnson Last week, both Nielsen BookScan and the Association of American Publishers reported that print sales in the USA continue to fall as e-book sales are rising. The AAP figures showed that print sales declined by 25% across all segments in the first …