New data from GfK indicates a 7.0-percent drop in the number of Germany’s ebook buyers, January through June 2023.
AAP StatShot July: US Trade Sales Down 5.9 Percent Year Over Year
Year-to-date, the United States’ industry’s trade revenues were down 1.8 percent, at US$4.8 billion for the first seven months of the year.
Canadian University Presses Have a De Gruyter Distribution Partnership
The University Press Library platform at Germany’s De Gruyter now hosts scholarly content from all 17 Canadian university presses.
Switzerland’s Karger and Kortext: Research for England’s National Health
The Basel-based Karger, founded in 1890, has partnered with the UK’s Kortext on an NHS-England digital publishing program.
AAP StatShot: US Book Sales Up 1.2 Percent in First Half of 2023
The year’s first half showed US book sales up, but June revenue was down 0.9%, at $4.1 billion; children’s and YA were down 6.3%.
Copyright Update: Internet Archive Injunction Leaves Some Concerns
The proposed consent judgment in publishers’ Internet Archive lawsuit is made permanent but leaves some concerned about a limitation.
AAP StatShot Shows the US Book Market Flat in May
In the US, sales of books for adults and education were up in May, as children’s books slid again, per AAP’s StatShot.
Germany’s 2022 Book Market Report: Turnover Down 1.9 Percent
The German book market faces a perplexing set of circumstances, resulting in an overall performance down -1.9 percent in 2022.
AAP StatShot: US Book Revenues Down 11.2 Percent in April
AAP’s StatShot shows the United States market’s trade revenues were down 2.0 percent in the first four months, at US$2.8 billion.
March StatShot: US Book Industry Up 3.2 Percent Year-to-Date
The AAP StatShot figures for March 2023 arrive with trade revenues up 0.2 percent for the month of March, 1.1 percent year-to-date.