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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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August 04, 2023Statement On the Passing of Adrienne Vaughan, Bloomsbury US President, and AAP Board Member
The Board, staff, and membership of the Association of American Publishers are deeply saddened by the untimely death of Adrienne Vaughan, President of Bloomsbu...
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July 31, 2023Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Barring Implementation of Arkansas Act 372
Upholds First Amendment Rights of Booksellers, Libraries, Librarians, Publishe...
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July 25, 2023Coalition of Local and National Booksellers, Authors and Publishers File Suit to Challenge New Censorship Law and Defend the Right of Free Expression in Texas
Today a coalition including Texas bookstores, national booksellers, authors and publishers filed suit in the US District Court for the Western District 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

