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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

  • April 12, 2022
    AAP 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 ...

  • April 06, 2022
    Comment 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...

  • March 23, 2022
    AAP 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

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