American Publishers’ StatShot: US Industry Down 3.7 Percent in May

Year-to-date hardback revenues were down 7.5 percent in May at US$1.2 billion, paperbacks up 8.7 percent for $1.3 billion. The post American Publishers’ StatShot: US Industry Down 3.7 Percent in May appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-01 22:50:37 UTC ]

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AAP’s StatShot: Some US Market Slippage in February

In February, trade paperback and hardback formats declined 1.4 percent and 4.9 percent respectively over the same month last year. The post AAP’s StatShot: Some US Market Slippage in February appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2025-05-14 15:15:27 UTC ]
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Publishing Industry Sales Dipped in February

Total book sales fell 1.9% in February for the 1,325 publishers that report results to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program. Sales in the adult trade and children’s/young adult segments were down. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Prepare for Battle with Big Tech Over AI

Speakers at the Association of American Publishers’ annual meeting on May 8 agreed that preventing tech companies from pirating copyrighted material to train AI is essential to the industry’s future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Prepare for Battle with Big Tech Over AI

Speakers at the Association of American Publishers’ annual meeting on May 8 agreed that preventing tech companies from using copyrighted material to train AI is essential to the industry’s future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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AAP Announces 2025 Hawkins, PROSE Award Winners

Ieva Jusionyte’s Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border, published by University of California Press, took home the top prize at the Association of American Publishers’ 2025 PROSE Awards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Sales Were Sluggish in January

Sales of adult fiction fell 5.7% in the month—the main factor in driving down total sales by 0.7% at the companies that report results to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Meta exposé tops bestseller chart despite company’s attempt to ban its promotion

Sarah Wynn-Williams’s account of her seven years as a Facebook executive is number one on the New York Times bestseller list and has flown off the shelves in the UKAn exposé by a former employee of Meta has become a bestseller despite the social media company banning the author from promoting... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2025-03-20 19:32:03 UTC ]
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AAP Announces 2025 Prose Award Category Winners

The Association of American Publishers has announced the 37 category winners for the 49th annual PROSE Awards honoring professional and scholarly works published in 2024. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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2,000 year old book about Roman emperors enters bestseller charts

The Lives of the Caesars, translated from Latin by The Rest Is History podcast co-host Tom Holland, details everything from ancient policy failures to sex scandalsA gossipy account of the lives of Roman emperors has entered the bestseller charts – 2,000 years after it was written. Sex scandals... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Strong Sales of Adult Fiction and Religion Books Continued in November

Sales at publishers that report results to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program rose 10.3% in November, led by a 19.3% increase in adult fiction and a 24.6% gain in sales of religious books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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AAP September StatShot: US Book Market Overall Up 2.4 Percent

Year-to-date, the Association of American Publishers' StatShot report for September shows the United States' book industry up 7 percent. The post AAP September StatShot: US Book Market Overall Up 2.4 Percent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-11-26 16:15:42 UTC ]
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Samantha Harvey’s Booker-winning Orbital tops UK bestseller list

The short novel narrating a day in the life of six astronauts on the International Space Station becomes the first book to top the charts in the week of its winSamantha Harvey’s Booker-winning Orbital has rocketed to the top of the UK bestseller chart, becoming the first Booker novel to hit... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Book Publishing Sales Stayed Hot in August

In the adult trade segment, total sales were up nearly 12% for the month over 2023 at publishers that report to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot Program. Religious presses were up a hefty 47.4%, and digital audio showed a 38.8% increase. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Tommy Robinson’s book went to No 1 on Amazon. This is what I learned from the reviews | Zoe Williams

The far-right activist’s Manifesto briefly topped the website’s chart. It is gone now, but the comments make for worrying readingIt’s always tempting to self-soothe when the far right is on the march. Tommy Robinson’s new book, Manifesto: Free Speech, Real Democracy, Peaceful Disobedience,... Continue reading at The Guardian

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