After we flagged a significant restatement of historical ebook data in the AAP’s January StatShot report on Wednesday, the organization identified a significant data error in the trade reporting and on Monday they issued a new report reflecting very different results. (So erase those previous impressions from your radar.) Most significantly, overall trade of sales of $533 million for January 2015 were up 5 percent compared to a year ago (rather than flat), rising $25 million. In contrast to 2014, the gains all came from adult sales — due to lighter holiday returns, frankly, more than big increases in publisher […]
