AAP’s January stats, from 1,361 participating publishers, show total adult and children’s print sales up slightly, to $365 million, up from $353 million last year, mostly due to continued growth in children’s. Adult print trade sales were just above flat at $232 million, owing to an 8.1 percent increase in trade paperback sales. Mass market was down 20.5 percent, while hardback sales were down 4.4 percent. Children’s print trade sales grew to $133.3 million, up from $122.5 last January (and also revised upward from original reporting of $119.9 million). Adult ebooks declined to $65.1 million, from $69.7 million, or 6.6 […]
