AAP August 2022 StatShot Report: Publishing Industry Down 5.0% Year-To-Date

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released its StatShot report for August 2022 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Higher Education Course Materials, and Professional Publishing. The report does not include PreK-12 revenue due to delays in data collection but will be updated as soon as that data becomes available.

Total revenues across all categories, excluding PreK-12, for August 2022 were down 9.0% as compared to August 2021, coming in at $1.4 billion. Year-to-date revenues were down 5.0%, at $7.9 billion for the first eight months of the year.

Trade (Consumer Books) sales were down 10.5% in August, coming in at $744.3 million.

In terms of physical paper format revenues during the month of August, in the Trade (Consumer Books) category, Hardback revenues were down 19.5%, coming in at $238.4 million; Paperbacks were down 8.6%, with $277.4 million in revenue; Mass Market was down 15.2% to $15.1 million; while Special Bindings were down 16.8%, with $17.5 million in revenue.

eBook revenues were up 2.7% for the month as compared to August 2021 for a total of $90.7 million. The Downloaded Audio format was up 11.5% for August, coming in at $73.0 million in revenue. Physical Audio was down 27.1% coming in at $1.1 million.

Year-to-date Trade revenues were down 3.8%, at $5.6 billion for the first eight months of the year. Hardback revenues were down 12.1%, coming in at $1.8 billion; Paperbacks were up 4.6%, with $2.1 billion in revenue; Mass Market was down 23.8% to $125.5 million; and Special Bindings were down 2.3%, with $116.5 million in revenue.

eBook revenues were down 6.7% as compared to the first eight months of 2021 for a total of $673.3 million. The Downloaded Audio format was up 5.5%, coming in at $543.2 million in revenue. Physical Audio was down 36.8% coming in at $9.2 million.
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