AAP July 2023 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Down 10.9% for Month of July, and Down 0.9% Year-To-Date

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released its StatShot report for July 2023 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Higher Education Course Materials, and Professional Publishing.

Total revenues across all categories for July 2023 were down 10.9% as compared to July 2022, coming in at $902.6 million. Year-to-date revenues were down 0.9%, at $6.5 billion for the first seven months of the year.

Trade (Consumer Books) revenues were down 5.9% in July, coming in at $599.1 million.

In terms of physical paper format revenues during the month of July, in the Trade (Consumer Books) category, Hardback revenues were down 1.6%, coming in at $165.8 million; Paperbacks were down 11.9%, with $232.1 million in revenue; Mass Market was down 31.3% to $10.2 million; and Special Bindings were down 3.5%, with $16.0 million in revenue.

eBook revenues were up 2.3% for the month as compared to July 2022 for a total of $83.7 million, and the Digital Audio format remained up at 12.1% for July, coming in at $69.5 million in revenue. Physical Audio was up 4.7% coming in at $1.0 million.
more at: https://publishers.org/news/aap-july-2023-statshot-report-overall-publishing-industry-down-10-9-for-month-of-july-and-down-0-9-year-to-date/

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