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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 29, 2026
    Tyrrell Mahoney, President of Chronicle Books, Elected Chair, AAP Board of Directors

    The Association of American Publishers announced today that its Directors have elected Tyrrell Mahoney, President of Chronicle Books, as Chair of the Board for...

  • January 22, 2026
    AAP November 2025 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Up 1.9% for Month of November, and Up 0.5% Year-To-Date

    Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Up 3.1% for Month of November, and Down 1.7% Year-to-D...

  • January 15, 2026
    Publishers Move to Intervene in Class Action Suit Against Google for Generative AI Product “Gemini”

    Direct Participation Would Support Individual Plaintiffs and ...

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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