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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

  • January 09, 2024
    AAP October 2023 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Up 1.8% for Month of October, and Up 0.7% Year-To-Date

    Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Up 1.3% for Month of October, and Down 0.2% ...

  • December 19, 2023
    AAP Applauds Decision on Netflix Case in Support of Free Speech

    The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today applauded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s  Read More

  • December 19, 2023
    AAP International Freedom to Publish Award Recognizes Publishers Under Attack Across the Globe

    In a historic first, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) today awarded the 2023 International Freedom to Publish | Jeri Laber Award to publishing hous...

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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