Led by gains in print formats, sales of adult trade books rose 10.9% in October over October 2013, according to figures released in AAP’s monthly StatShot program. In the adult segment, sales of hardcovers rose 14%, trade paperback sales increased 14.6%, and mass market paperback sales rose 9.9% over October 2013. E-book sale fell 1.7%. In the children’s/YA category, sales rose 16.5% in October driven by an 86.5% increase in board book sales. E-book sales increased 4.5%. Through October, adult trade sales were down 0.8% compared to the same period in 2013. Sales of e-books were flat at $1.07 billion, while sales of hardcovers and mass market paperbacks were down 5.5% and 5.0%, respectively. Trade paperback sales were up 1.7%. Sales for all the 1,209 publishers who reported revenue to the AAP rose 11.9% in the month and 5.5% in the January-October period.
Category | Change October | YTD |
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Adult Hard | 14.0% | -5.5% |
Adult Paper | 14.6% | 1.7% |
Mass Market | 9.9% | -5.0% |
Physical Audio | 19.9% | -9.5% |
Audio Download | 25.2% | 24.7% |
Adult E-book | -1.7% | 0.1% |
Children’s/YA | 16.5% | 21.6% |
Religious Presses | -7.4% | 1.1% |
Professional | 13.5% | 1.0% |
K–12 Materials | -7.9% | 12.1% |
Higher Ed. | 248.6% | 3.3% |
University Presses | 8.9% | -0.7% |
(Comparisons of $ sales against same periods in 2013)