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News
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February 13, 2020AAP-UNCF INTERNSHIP PROGRAM OPENS APPLICATION PROCESS
Washington, DC -- The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and UNCF (United Negro College Fund) today announced the launch of the application process for ...
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February 12, 2020ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2020 PROSE AWARDS
February 12, 2020, Washington, DC – The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today unveiled finalists for the 2020 Professional and Scholarly Excellence ...
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February 06, 2020STATEMENT OF AAP PRESIDENT & CEO MARIA PALLANTE ON CHRONICLE BOOKS, ET AL., VS AUDIBLE INC.
“AAP, the plaintiffs, and Audible have resolved their pending litigation. Audible has agreed that it will obtain permission from any AAP members that are in ...
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