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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
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August 06, 2026Student Watch Reports 44% Decline in Student Spending on Course Materials over Last Decade
Student Watch’s annual study reports that average student spen...
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July 21, 2026AAP May 2026 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Up 6.8% for Month of May, and Up 2.6% Year-To-Date
Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Up 7.6% for Month of M...
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July 20, 2026AAP Welcomes Court’s Final Settlement Approval in Bartz v. Anthropic
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of the parties’ proposed class settlement of certain infringeme...
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


