Sales of print books in the major trade categories fell 22.9% in the first six months of 2011 at the houses that report figures to the Association of American Publishers. The declines were greatest among the adult segments, with sales down by more than 20% in the hardcover, trade paperback, and mass market paperback categories. While ebook sales jumped 161.3% in the six-month period, the gain was not enough to offset the decline in print, and combined ebook and print book revenue fell 8.6% at the reporting trade publishers. Print book sales were no doubt hurt by the demise of Borders, which sold few new titles from the major houses during the going-out-of-business sales conducted at closing stores. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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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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
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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
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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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Big sales numbers for Onyx Storm and Sunrise on the Reaping couldn’t offset the impact of last year's early Easter, resulting in a small decline in unit sales of print books in the first quarter of 2025 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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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
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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
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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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There are the best books of the year, and then there are the most popular. Print books had a relatively good year in 2024; as Publishers Weekly reports, sales rose by less than 1%—which isn’t much, but represents the first increase in three years. Which books were pushing the change? Here are... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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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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Amazon completely revamped its Kindle family in October when it debuted the entirely new Colorsoft ereader along with updated generations of the other three existing models: the standard Kindle, the Paperwhite and the Scribe E Ink tablet. The new Paperwhite has a slightly larger screen, a bigger... Continue reading at Engadget
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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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Sales of print books were up 0.1% for the first nine months of 2024 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan, with titles by Colleen Hoover, Sarah J. Maas, and Rebecca Yarros dominating the top 10 list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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