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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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July 19, 2023AAP May 2023 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Flat for Month of May, and Up 0.7% Year-To-Date
Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Down 1.6% for Month of May, and Down 1.9% Ye...
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June 25, 2023Association of American Publishers and American Library Association Reaffirm 1953 Freedom to Read Statement, Joined by the Authors Guild and American Booksellers Association
As censorship threats continue to target libraries, schools, publishers, authors, and booksellers, the American Library Association (ALA) and the Associat...
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June 21, 2023AAP April 2023 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Up 0.9% Year-To-Date, and Down 7.6% for Month of April
Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Down 11.2% for Month of April, and Down 2.0% Year-to-Date The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today...
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

