The AAP released sales statistics for December and full-year 2016 (and yes, they are almost two months behind last year’s reporting schedule). The year finished with a decline in December, with low trade sales as well as higher revised sales data for December 2015. Sales registered $546 million — compared to a revised total of $602 million for December 2015 (which was originally reported a year ago at $585.5 million or just below flat compared to 2014). That put the final month of the year down 9.3 percent. Adult books saw declines in trade paperbacks, mass market, and ebooks; as […]