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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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March 16, 2025Association of American Publishers Files Comments to Inform White House AI Plan
Response Highlights Copyright as Key Part of American Leadership Worldwide ...
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March 04, 2025AAP December 2024 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Up 6.5% Year-To-Date, and Down 4.3% for Month of December
Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Up 6.0% Year-To-Date, and Down 5.3% for Mont...
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March 03, 2025Association of American Publishers Announces Finalists and Category Winners for 2025 PROSE Awards
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) unveiled the 101 Finalists and 37 Category Winners for the 49th Annual PROSE Awards honoring professional and...
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

