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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

  • December 18, 2025
    AAP 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...

  • December 02, 2025
    AAP 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...

  • November 25, 2025
    Association of American Publishers Files Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiffs in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS, A Key AI Case

    On November 25, 2025, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) filed an amicus brief in the important AI case Thomson Reuters v. ROSS, an infringe...

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

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