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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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October 29, 2026Book and Journal Publishers File Amicus Brief in In Re: OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation
Today, the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM), the Independent Boo...
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October 28, 2026Publishers Demand That Meta Drop Onerous New Terms of Service
Today publishers called on Meta to drop its onerous new commercial terms of service, whic...
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October 14, 2026AAP August 2026 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Up 8.9% for the Month of August, and Up 5.9% Year-To-Date
Trade (Consumer Books) Revenues Up 12.5% for Month of...
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


