Led by a 65.1% increase in e-book sales, January sales jumped 43.7% in the children’s/young adult category compared to January 2013, according to figures in AAP’s StatShot program. Hardcover sales were also up in the children’s/young adult category, posting a 53.7% year-over-year increase. Sales of adult trade titles rose 2.8% in January, with e-book sales in the segment up 6.4% and hardcover sales up 4.7%. At $116 million, e-book sales accounted for 32% of adult trade revenue in January 2014, compared to 31% in the same month last year. The biggest gain in the adult trade segment was recorded in downloadable audio, where sales increased 29%; at $12.4 million, the format had triple the sales of physical audio. Sales are based on reports from 1,218 publishers.
| Category | % Change January |
|---|---|
| Adult Hardcover | 4.7% |
| Adult Paperback | -5.1 |
| Mass Market | 5.4 |
| Physical Audio | -6.2 |
| Audio Download | 29.0 |
| Adult E-book | 6.4 |
| Children’s/YA | 43.7 |
| Religious Presses | -7.4 |
| Professional | -5.2 |
| K-12 Materials | 5.6 |
| Higher Ed. | 7.0 |
| University Presses | -2.6 |
(Measured in $ sales against same time periods, 2013)
