We have known the basic contours of trade publishing results for the first half of 2016 since the end of August, following public reporting by publishing companies — trade sales were down modestly in total dollars, with still-rising print unit sales unable to fully make up for still-declining ebook sales. Now the AAP has finally released their statistics for the first half of the year, compiled from approximately 1,200 publishers, giving some additional color to the sales trends behind the numbers. Total net trade sales of $2.803 billion for the first half of the year were down $55.8 million (or -2 […]