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.
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%.
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.
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.
APA Report: US Sees Double-Digit Audiobook Sales Growth for 11th Year
The Audio Publishers Association finds in its annual report that audiobook sales generated $1.8 billion in the United States in 2022.
US Book Publishing Revenues in 2022 Were $28 Billion: AAP StatShot
Still 8.6 percent above 2019’s total revenues, the US market in 2022 was 2.6 percent below 2021’s revenue level, the AAP reports.
US February Statshot: Audio in Adult Titles Surpasses Ebooks
In books for adults as a sub-category, audio surpassed ebooks for the first time, according to February’s StatShot.
AAP StatShot: US Book Industry Up 3.5 Percent in January
The first monthly StatShot report from the Association of American Publishers in 2023 shows trade revenues up 3.1 percent in January.
AAP StatShot: Overall US Market Down 6.4 Percent in 2022
In the month of December 2022, the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot saw a 10-percent decline over December 2021.