| Category | % Change JAN. 2007 |
| (Measured in $ sales against same time periods, 2006) * Number of reporting companies. The AAP kicked off its monthly sales estimates for 2007 with 81 reporting publishers, adding the e-book publisher Digital Pulp Press in January. According to the AAP figures, sales fell in four segments and rose at nine. Adult hardcover had the strongest start to the year with sales at reporting publishers up 32.2%, while sales in the elhi and children's segments were off by over 18%. | |
| Adult Hard (19)* | 32.2% |
| Adult Paper (20) | -11.7 |
| Adult Mass Market (10) | -3.1 |
| Juvenile Hard (14) | 18.4 |
| Juvenile Paper (15) | -18.1 |
| Audio (12) | 21.2 |
| Electronic (12) | 18.7 |
| Religious (11) | 28.2 |
| Higher Ed. (13) | 10.5 |
| Univ. Pr. Hard (36) | 4.0 |
| Univ. Pr. Paper (36) | 8.6 |
| Professional (9) | 3.9 |
| Elhi (9) | -18.7 |
AAP Sales Report
Mar 23, 2007
A version of this article appeared in the 03/26/2007 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline:
