Investing
in the
Power of
Words
There are More Than140 Million Published Booksin the World
AAP Members Are on the Leading Edge of Education, information & Entertainment Publishing
AAP Publisher MembersSupport, Recognize & Reward Thousands of Creative, Academic, Infomational and Trade Authors

Who We Are

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

  • July 19, 2023
    AAP 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...

  • June 25, 2023
    Association 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...

  • June 21, 2023
    AAP 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

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