The AAP released their annual StatShot report for 2024 with results from 1,281 publishers. Trade sales totaled $8.927 billion, a 2.2 percent increase from $8.731 in 2023. And domestic trade sales—excluding exports—were a little healthier, rising 3 percent. Religious presses, counted separately, registered sales of $946 million—a 25 percent increase from 2023. (In the AAP’s monthly reports they tabulate religious presses separately; in their annual, they switch and include the data in “trade.” We prefer a consistent approach.) Adult books sold $6.385 billion, up 4 percent, and children’s book sales were just below flat at $2.541 billion. Those totals include […]
