The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) “voted not to renew” its agreement with the AAP to partner on the annual BookStats project going forward. The two will be releasing the 2013 statistics later this week, and today’s announcement does not affect that already collected data. The 2013 data will be the fourth and final installment. The AAP says in a statement that “as the agreement’s expiration approached, our organizations have had a series of conversations to discuss options and their decision does not come as a surprise.” BISG executive director Len Vlahos said in a separate statement, “As happens with all […]
