The AAP released their StatShot report for publisher-reported May sales with print book shipments remaining strong — and adult sales in particular — even as consumer sales reflected some falling back to earth with more moderate growth in digital audio and a drop in ebook sales. Total trade sales of $633 million were still up […]
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Second Quarter Deals Remain Very Strong
HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray told an investor conference in June that the publisher is, “Being aggressive in terms of buying books. We’ve seen the book pie grow, maybe 15 percent. And so our response, which is part opportunistic and part defensive, is to be aggressive in buying right now.” Our exclusive analysis of deal transactions […]
AAP Stats Remained Strong In April
The AAP reported their monthly StatShot sales data for April. In line with other measures such as NPD Bookscan, trade sales remained robust for April, with big continuing gains. Total sales of $689 million were up 34 percent (or $174.5 million) from 514.5 million a year ago. Adult sales of $491 million accounted for most […]
AAP Trade Publishers Were Up 35 Percent in March
The AAP released its Stat Shot statistics for March, showing a continuation of the very strong sales recorded at the start of the year. (More current measures, such as NPD Bookscan’s weekly statistics, show the big early gains moderating somewhat starting in mid April). Helped in part by an early Easter, overall trade sales were […]
Adult and Overall Hardcover Sales Gain in AAP February StatShot
AAP released its February StatShot of publisher-reported sales, showing combined adult and children’s book sales of $580 million, up from $484 million. Adult books led the gains again, with net sales of $413 million, up from $338 million a year ago. In a signal of some strength for new releases, adult hardcover sales of $121 […]
Tracked eBook Units Rose 17 Percent in 2020
NPD Bookscan recently reported ebook sales data for the full year 2020, as reported by participating publishers through their PubTrack Digital service. Tracked ebook sales hit 174 million units in 2020, up 17 percent compared to 149 million units in 2019. (For now, the reported data excludes IPG, so these numbers may not align with […]