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signs copies of her children's book,
"I've Loved You Since Forever"
Photo courtesy of Harper Collins Publishers


Save the Children ambassador Jennifer
Garner and author Brad Meltzer at Save
the Children's The Centennial Gala:
Changing the World for Children
Photo courtesy of Penguin Random House


Author Eve L. Ewing signs copies of
her acclaimed books "Electric Arches"
and "Ghosts in the Schoolyard"
Photo courtesy of University of Chicago Press


Who We Are
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We are the modern publishing industry.
News
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April 13, 2021Shelley Husband Named Senior Vice-President, Government Affairs and Special Projects, Association of American Publishers
Association of American Publishers President and CEO Maria A. Pallante today announced that Shelley Husband has been named Senior Vice President, Government Af...
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March 31, 2021AAP JANUARY 2021 STATSHOT REPORT: PUBLISHING INDUSTRY UP 10.3% FOR FIRST MONTH OF 2021
Trade (Consumer Book) Sales Up 21.3% in January 2021 The ...
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March 22, 2021AAP Testimony to the Maryland Legislature Regarding Maryland State Senate Bill 432
Today, the AAP submitted testimony to the Maryland legislature regarding Maryland State Senate Bill 432, which would force publishers to license digital works ...
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