AAP December 2024 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Up 6.5% Year-To-Date, and Down 4.3% for Month of December

Total revenues across all categories year-to-date were up 6.5%, reaching $14.2 billion.

Revenues for the month of December 2024 were down 4.3% as compared to December 2023, coming in at $904.6 million.

Trade revenues were up 6.0%, at $9.5 billion on a year-to-date basis. Hardback revenues were up 6.8%, coming in at $3.5 billion; Paperbacks were up 3.0%, with $3.2 billion in revenue; Mass Market was down 13.3% to $122.9 million; and Special Bindings were up 4.3%, with $231.7 million in revenue.

eBook revenues were up 1.6% as compared to 2023 for a total of $1.0 billion. The Digital Audio format was up 23.8%, coming in at $1.1 billion in revenue. Physical Audio was down 37.4% coming in at $8.7 million.
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