Category | % Change January |
While the adult trade segments were hammered in January, there were a few bright spots in AAP's monthly sales estimates. The popularity of e-books continues to grow, with the 13 publishers who report e-book sales experiencing a 173.6% jump in revenue in the month, to $8.8 million, a figure that puts e-book sales ahead of sales reported by the 14 publishers in the spoken-word audio segment ($7.7 million in sales) and the 38 university presses that report hardcover sales ($6.2 million). The children's hardcover category posted a large gain in January, up 60.2%, aided by continued strong demand for Stephenie Meyer titles. (Measured in $ sales against same time periods, 2008)* Number of reporting companies. | |
Adult Hard (17)* | -33.9% |
Adult Paper (18) | -24.7 |
Mass Market (9) | -12.2 |
Juvenile Hard (14) | 60.2 |
Juvenile Paper (14) | 9.3 |
Audio (14) | -45.9 |
Electronic (13) | 173.6 |
Religious (14) | -9.1 |
Higher Ed. (10) | 29.0 |
Univ. Pr. Hard (38) | -8.3 |
Univ. Pr. Paper (38) | -1.0 |
Professional (9) | 2.1 |
Elhi (8) | -22.8 |
AAP January Sales Report
Apr 13, 2009
A version of this article appeared in the 04/13/2009 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: