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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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December 12, 2023AAP September 2023 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Flat for Month of September, and Up 0.8% Year-To-Date
Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Down 0.4% for Month of September, and Down 0...
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December 06, 2023Publishers Submit Reply Comments to Copyright Office in Artificial Intelligence Proceeding
There Should be No Free Pass for Multi-billion Dollar AI Companies Engaged ...
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December 01, 2023Comment from Maria A. Pallante, President and CEO, Association of American Publishers, on the passing of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
“Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was a brilliant, American jurist and groundbreaking figure at a time when few women served on any court and none before her ha...
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

