The AAP reported StatShot sales data for April, which looks positive for a number of reasons. Trade sales of $576.6 were well higher than the final count for April 2017 of $518.6 million (which itself is higher than the initially-reported $505.3 million a year ago). And the AAP is still working with a reduced data pool that is missing the PGW publishers for this year. The biggest gains came from adult hardcovers (up $26.1 million in gross shipments, and $20.3 million on a net basis) and adult trade paperbacks (up $11.8 million in gross shipments, and $12.6 million net.) Digital […]
