We already have a pretty good picture of 2016 US trade book sales from year-end stats from Bookscan and PubTrack Digital, along with three quarters of data from public companies and now the AAP — still running about a month behind their own schedule — has released StatShot statistics for August 2016. Total digital sales for the month of $120 million were down 12 percent (or $16.6 million) compared to $136.6 million a year ago. Gross print shipments were $551.5 for August, compared to $501.8 million a year — with net print sales of $429.7 million up by a similar […]
