Circana Bookscan issued a brief statement on 2024 print sales, with total units growing a rounded 1 percent in 2024, to 783 million units overall (up 5 million units from 2023). Note that for much financial reporting 2024 is a 53 week year — but for sales comparison purposes, Bookscan has adjusted to count only 52 sales weeks from 2024. (When publishers issue public reports, they will show 53-week years, with appropriate sales bumps for the extra week.) Adult fiction led the market, growing 9.5 million units to 201 million books, while adult nonfiction fell by 1.1 million units to […]
