As often happens, following positive statistics for July, the AAP’s monthly StatShot report shows declines in August, particularly for adult trade books. Yet again, the final adult trade comparison data from 2018 was revised, so comparisons are difficult. Adult trade sales were $407 million — down from $440 million a year ago (itself a revision downward from the $459 million originally reported for August 2018). Children’s sales filled some of the gap, at $197 million, up from $183 million a year ago. The total of $604 million was more in line with figures from August 2017 ($608 million) and August […]
