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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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April 12, 2022AAP Joins Amicus Brief in Missouri State Conference of The National Association for The Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP) v. Wentzville R-IV School District
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has joined the American Booksellers for Free Expression, the Authors Guild, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund ...
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April 06, 2022Comment from Maria A. Pallante, President and CEO, Association of American Publishers on the Confirmation of Kathi Vidal as Under Secretary for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
We congratulate Kathi Vidal on her confirmation as Under Secretary for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at the Depart...
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March 23, 2022AAP JANUARY 2022 STATSHOT REPORT: PUBLISHING INDUSTRY UP 3.7% FOR FIRST MONTH OF 2022
Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues up 4.3% in January 2022 Th...
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

