The AAP released Statshot data from participating publishers for July, reporting trade sales of $557 million, down 6.4 percent from $595 million last year. Sales for adult books were $399 million, down 4.6 percent from $418 million. Hardcovers sold $96.4 million, down 2.3 percent, while paperbacks fell 10.1 percent to $149.6 million. The biggest gain in the category was in digital audio, which grew 14.6 percent to $61.5 million. Consistent with the year’s trend, children’s and YA sales declined more, at $158 million, a 10.7 percent drop from $177 million in July 2022. Hardcovers were up 3.4 percent to $49.3 […]
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June Adult Sales Made Up for Declines in Children’s
The AAP announced StatShot results for June, with trade sales flat at $586.6 million (compared to $590.4 million last year). Adult sales increased by 5.9 percent or $24.1 million to $430.7 million, offsetting a 15.2 percent decline in children’s sales, which totaled $155.9 million. In adult books, hardcovers earned $121.8 million, up 20.4 percent. Paperbacks gained 4.1 percent to $157.4 million, while digital audio rose 17.4 percent to $62.6 million. Ebook sales fell 5.7 percent to $65.4 million. For children’s and YA books, hardcovers fell 17.2 percent to $44.4 million and paperbacks declined 14.6 percent to $78.6 million. Digital audio […]
AAP Trade Sales Were Flat in May, Despite Losses in Children’s
The AAP released sales data for May from their participating StatShot publishers, reporting flat trade sales at $601 million. In adult books, sales were $426.5 million, up from $403.4 last year. Hardcovers grew by 12 percent to $137.9 million and paperbacks were up 3 percent to $143.5 million. Digital audio was up 17 percent to $59 million. Children’s and YA books have been on a down trend all year, and sales in May fell 14 percent to $174.9 million. Hardcovers were down 12 percent to $62.4 million and paperbacks fell 14 percent to $84 million. Digital formats were the only […]
April Sales Decline After Pandemic Boom
The AAP released data for April from participating StatShot publishers, reporting trade sales of $555.6 million, down 11.7 percent from $629.1 million in April 2022. The downturn marks a shift closer to pre-pandemic numbers, and sales are still up from April 2020’s total of $514.5 million. Adult sales fell 12.8 percent to $382.4 million. Hardcover sales were down 11.1 percent to $126.7 million, while paperbacks fell 20.2 percent to $120.4 million. E-books fell as well, with sales of $58.2 million, down from $70.2 million. Children’s sales were $173.2 million, down 9 percent from last year. Hardcovers were $62.6 million, down […]
Trade Sales Flat in March
The AAP released StatShot results for March, with trade sales flat at $647 million. Adult sales totaled $440 million, up 6.5 percent ($27 million) from last year, with hardcover sales of $131 million and paperback sales of $158 million. Ebooks jumped up by 15.4 percent to $74.7 million, while digital audio continued its growth, up 13.4 percent to $55.4 million. Over half of the adult sales gain came from lower returns, which fell by $15 million. In children’s and YA books, sales were down 11.5 percent to $207 million. Hardcovers sold $77 million and paperbacks sold $98 million. Kids ebook […]
Trade Sales Fell 6.1 Percent In 2022, As Adult Fiction Rose to Become the Largest Segment
The AAP released their StatShot Annual Report for 2022 earlier than usual, once again providing a substantial collection of actual, directly-reported data, received from a modestly expanded pool of reporting publishers. Trade sales (starting with their default measure, which includes religious presses alongside trade) declined 6.1 percent to $9.33 billion—falling by $600 million—with 1.299 billion trade units sold in 2022, down 3.8 percent from 1.351 billion in 2021. (Religious presses alone comprised $697 million in 2022, compared to $747 million in 2021, making trade sales on their own $8.633 billion. And if you want to look at domestic sales alone, export […]