Thursday, November 6, 2008

AAP September Sales Stats

From the American Association of Publishers, some sales statistics for September:

Net sales decreased 2% to $1.062 billion for 80 publishers that reported to AAP. Net sales for the year through September have fallen 1.5% to $7.718 billion.

Sales in selected categories:

E-books up 77.8% to $5.1 million.
Children's/YA hardcover up 41.9% to $119.8 million.
Professional and scholarly up 6.8% to $60.5 million.

Adult hardcover fell 29.8% to $173.3 million.
Children's/YA paperback fell19.1% to $51.5 million.
Audiobooks fell 12.3% to $18.7 million.
Religious books fell 11.8% to $76.8 million.
Adult paperback fell 8.6% to $134.7 million.
Adult mass market fell 8.3% to $67.4 million.

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