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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

  • March 04, 2026
    2025 USTR Notorious Markets List Issued

    AAP Applauds the Agency’s Review of Pirate Sites that are Harmful to Pub...

  • March 02, 2026
    The Association of American Publishers Announces 2026 PROSE Award Winners for Excellence and the R.R. Hawkins Award

    Cambridge University Press, Simon and Schuster, and Stanford University Press hono...

  • February 23, 2026
    The Association of American Publishers Announces Finalists and Category Winners for 50th Annual PROSE Awards

    The Association of American Publishers (AAP) unveiled the Finalists and Category Winners for the 50th annual PROSE Awards, honoring professional and schol...

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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