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 force researchers to hand...Continue reading
Category: AAP
Publisher Revenue Up 4.5% Through April 2019, eBook Revenues Down 2.5%
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 of American Publishers. Publisher...Continue reading
AAP: Publisher Revenue Up 6.7% in First Quarter, eBook Revenue Down 4.5%
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 participating publisher revenue was...Continue reading
AAP Reports Publisher Revenue Up 7.2% in February 2019
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 million in February 2019,...Continue reading
AAP Reports eBook Sales Down 5% in January 2019
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 million in January 2019,...Continue reading
AAP: Publisher Revenue Rose by 4.6% in 2018
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 to be confused with...Continue reading
AAP Estimates US Book Publishing Industry Generated $26 Billion in Revenue Last Year
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. There isn’t much detail...Continue reading
AAP Reports Trade Revenues Up 6.3%, eBook Revenues Down 3.2% in First Quarter
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%, to $1.59 billion. In...Continue reading
AAP: Publisher eBook Sales Fell almost 5% in 2017
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 1.3% increase), while ebook...Continue reading
AAP Reports Trade Revenues Up 1% Through November 2017
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 the YA segment were...Continue reading
AAP Reports Publisher Revenues Up 1.7% Through October 2017
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 fiction and non-fiction revenues...Continue reading
AAP Reports Publisher Revenues Flat Through September 2017
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 the previous year. Trade...Continue reading
AAP Reports Trade Sales Flat, eBook Sales Down Through August 2017
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 date. The exception of...Continue reading
AAP Reports Trade Revenues Down a Fraction of a Percent Through July 2017
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 sales increased 2%. Downloadable audiobooks...Continue reading
AAP Reports Publisher eBook Revenues Down in First Half of 2017
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 like: an anomaly. Total...Continue reading
