Alongside good closing holiday sales figures from NPD Bookscan, the AAP announced StatShot statistics for November. Trade sales recorded another record high, at $924 million — up $58 million, or 6.7 percent, from 2020, and well above the strong $883 million recorded in November 2018. Adult sales registered $632 million (up $32 million) and children’s and YA sales reached $292 million (up $26 million). Digital audio gained 21 percent, to $64 million (up $11 million), and ebook sales rose 6 percent, to $88 million (up $5 million). Through 11 months AAP trade sales total $8.099 billion — already ahead of […]
