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Power of
Words
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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 12, 2023
    AAP September 2023 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Flat for Month of September, and Up 0.8% Year-To-Date

    Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Down 0.4% for Month of September, and Down 0...

  • December 06, 2023
    Publishers Submit Reply Comments to Copyright Office in Artificial Intelligence Proceeding 

    There Should be No Free Pass for Multi-billion Dollar AI Companies Engaged ...

  • December 01, 2023
    Comment from Maria A. Pallante, President and CEO, Association of American Publishers, on the passing of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

    “Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was a brilliant, American jurist and groundbreaking figure at a time when few women served on any court and none before her ha...

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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