According to AAP's StatShot program, industry sales were up 5.6% in the first half of 2024. Sales of adult titles rose 6.7%, but sales in the children's and young adult segment fell 2.7%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Final sales numbers for 2021 from the Association of American Publishers show a 12.3% increase in industry sales, with total sales hitting $29.33 billion, up from $26.1 billion in 2020. Easing of the pandemic in 2021 had a significant impact on industry results. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
With sales in all categories falling, publishers who provide results to AAP’s StatShot program reported a 12.6% decline in sales in April compared to a year ago, resulting in a 2.3% drop in industry sales through the first four months of 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
Industry sales have increased only once since 2016—but 2021 is one strange year. Anything could happen. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of K-12 materials rose 35.2% in September and were up 32.7% for the first nine months of the year, offsetting declines in several other publishing areas, including adult trade. The K-12 segment was the big driver for industry sales through the first nine months of 2021, rising 32.7%.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Publishing industry sales had a nice start to 2020, rising 3.5% through February, according to AAP's StatShot program. Sales of adult books were up 2.9%, and sales in the children/young adult rose 6.3%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Gains in the trade and religion segments were offset by declines in the other publishing categories, leading to a small (0.4%) decline in industry sales in 2018, according to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Showing upticks for both adults and children's/YA book sectors, the news looks good for the first half of 2017–if adjustments don't change things. The post US Industry Sales for Half of 2017: Looking Good, So Far appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
A 1.5% increase in trade sales wasn't enough to offset declines overall industry sales in 2016. which saw a 5.1% fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the annual Diamond Retailer Summit, held last week in Baltimore, the distributor reported that industry sales are up overall. However, comics publishers are tinkering with their publishing programs to compensate for slowing growth. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Industry sales had a small decline in 2013, falling to $27.01 billion from $27.12 billion in 2012, according to figures released last week by BookStats, the statistics program run by the AAP and BISG. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Industry sales were just about flat in 2013, falling by less than 1%, to $27.01 billion, from $27.12 billion in 2012. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]