Publishing’s Summer Slump Continues
Total industry sales fell 4.4% in August. Adult nonfiction sales fell 17%, while children’s/YA nonfiction sales declined 16.2%. Fiction fared better, though adult fiction sales were still off 3.4% and children’s/YA sales down 8.2%.
Publishing’s summer sales slump continued in August, according to results from AAP’s most recent StatShot report. Total industry sales were down 4.4% in the month compared to last August and sales fell in every segment.
- Adult nonfiction sales: -17%
- Children’s/YA nonfiction sales: -16.2%
- Adult fiction sales: -3.4%
- Children’s/YA sales: -8.2%
- Religious books sales: -7.7%
- Professional books sales: -22.3%
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AAP’s StatShot report is based on data from 1,320 publishers.
Author’s summary: Publishing sales declined in August.