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Publishers Object to Losing the Ability to Profit From Publishing Papers They Didn’t Pay For (And Research They Didn’t Fund)

22 December, 201923 December, 2019AAP4 Comments

I don’t say this enough but one of the problems in academic publishing is how journal publishers are exploiting the academic “publish or perish” imperative to...

Publisher Revenue Up 4.5% Through April 2019, eBook Revenues Down 2.5%

14 July, 201914 July, 2019AAP, ebook salesLeave a comment

For some reason I do not understand, I have fallen off the AAP’s mailing list. Here is a belated report on publisher revenues from the Association...

AAP: Publisher Revenue Up 6.7% in First Quarter, eBook Revenue Down 4.5%

18 June, 201918 June, 2019AAP, ebook salesOne Comment

The Association of American Publishers the March StatShot Monthly report which includes data for the first three months of 2019 on Monday. Among the highlights: Overall...

AAP Reports Publisher Revenue Up 7.2% in February 2019

17 April, 201918 June, 2019AAPOne Comment

AAP just issued the February StatShot Monthly report which includes data for the first two months of 2019. Among the highlights: Overall participating publisher revenue was $754.0...

AAP Reports eBook Sales Down 5% in January 2019

14 March, 201914 March, 2019AAP, ebook sales2 Comments

The Association of American Publishers reported Thursday that publisher reported revenue fell in the first month of 2019. Combined revenue for trade (consumer) books was $543.8...

AAP: Publisher Revenue Rose by 4.6% in 2018

12 February, 201912 February, 2019AAP, ebook sales6 Comments

The Association of American Publishers has published its annual revenue report for the 1,375 publishers who submit their revenue data to the AAP. This info is not...

AAP Estimates US Book Publishing Industry Generated $26 Billion in Revenue Last Year

21 July, 201821 July, 2018AAP, ebook salesOne Comment

The Association of American Publishers released its annual StatShot estimate on Friday. You can buy the report from the AAP, or find the press release below....

AAP Reports Trade Revenues Up 6.3%, eBook Revenues Down 3.2% in First Quarter

28 May, 201828 May, 2018AAP, ebook sales3 Comments

The American Association of Publishers reported a surprising jump in trade revenues on Friday. Overall revenues rose 6.2% ($143.2 million) while trade revenues were up 6.2%,...

AAP: Publisher eBook Sales Fell almost 5% in 2017

9 May, 20189 May, 2018AAP, ebook sales3 Comments

The Association of American Publishers has released its end of year revenue report for the legacy publishing industry. As expected, trade revenues were essentially flat (a...

AAP Reports Trade Revenues Up 1% Through November 2017

4 April, 20184 April, 2018AAP, statistics2 Comments

The Association of American Publishers reported on Wednesday that publisher revenues fell 5.5% in the month of November while staying up for the year. Revenues from...

AAP Reports Publisher Revenues Up 1.7% Through October 2017

1 March, 20181 March, 2018AAP2 Comments

The Association of American Publishers reported on Thursday that tradpub were continuing to strangle their ebook sales in favor of print. In terms of category, adult...

AAP Reports Publisher Revenues Flat Through September 2017

7 February, 20188 February, 2018AAPOne Comment

The Association of American Publishers announced on Wednesday that publisher revenues dropped by half a percent in the first three quarters of 2017 compared to...

AAP Reports Trade Sales Flat, eBook Sales Down Through August 2017

20 December, 201720 December, 2017AAP, ebook sales3 Comments

The Association of American Publishers announced on Wednesday that publisher revenues increased by 1% in the month of August 2017 while remaining flat for the year to...

AAP Reports Trade Revenues Down a Fraction of a Percent Through July 2017

20 November, 201720 December, 2017AAP, ebook salesOne Comment

Publisher trade revenues decreased 11.7% in July, bringing down revenues for the year. eBook revenues were down 5% and ,paperback revenues fell 1.7%, while revenues from hardback...

AAP Reports Publisher eBook Revenues Down in First Half of 2017

26 October, 201711 November, 2017AAP, ebook sales5 Comments

Judging by the latest revenue report from the Association of American Publishers, last month’s report of a jump in ebook sales was exactly what it looked...