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in the
Power of
Words


There are More Than140 Million Published Booksin the World


AAP Members Are on the Leading Edge of Education, information & Entertainment Publishing


AAP Publisher MembersSupport, Recognize & Reward Thousands of Creative, Academic, Infomational and Trade Authors
Who We Are
American publishers fuel the creative economy, advance scholarship and lifelong learning, and promote free expression and the democratic exchange of ideas.
We are the modern publishing industry.
News
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January 15, 2026Publishers Move to Intervene in Class Action Suit Against Google for Generative AI Product “Gemini”
Direct Participation Would Support Individual Plaintiffs and ...
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December 18, 2025AAP October 2025 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Up 6.7% for Month of October, and Up 0.4% Year-To-Date
Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Up 3.5% for Month of October, and Down 2.3% Year-to-Da...
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December 02, 2025AAP September 2025 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry up 14.4% for Month of September, and Down 0.4% Year-To-Date
Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Up 10.9% for Month of September, and Down 3.2% Year-to...
Industry Data & Statistics

74%
of Americans have read a book in the past 12 months

1.8
Billion
print books sold by U.S. publishers in 2018

$1.3
Trillion
in value to the U.S. economy added by core copyright industries


