AAP released its July StatShot report, showing reasonable activity for children’s books in particular. As has been the case for much of this year, the final adult trade comparison data from 2018 was revised, so comparisons are difficult. Trade sales were $543.7 million, up from a revised $506.5 million last year (first reported as $528 million), and ahead of the four-year average of $529.5 million. Adult trade sales for July 2019 were $384 million — which is better than the final count of $369.6 million for July 2018, but behind the originally-reported $389.2 million. Children’s trade sales were up by […]