AAP January 2025 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Down 0.7% for Month of January

Total revenues across all categories for January 2025 were down 0.7% as compared to January 2024, coming in at $1.2 billion.

Trade (Consumer Books) revenues were down 0.3% in January at $741.5 million. In terms of physical format revenues during the month of January, in the Trade (Consumer Books) category, Hardback revenues were up 0.1%, coming in at $267.5 million; Paperbacks were down 4.3%, with $254.6 million in revenue; Mass Market was down 16.7% to $11.2 million; and Special Bindings were up 18.8%, with $19.9 million in revenue.

In terms of digital formats, eBook revenues were up 0.9% for the month as compared to January 2024 for a total of $78.5 million, and the Digital Audio format was up 6.1% for January, coming in at $85.1 million in revenue. Physical Audio was down 2.5%, coming in at $600 thousand.
more at: https://publishers.org/news/aap-january-2025-statshot-report-overall-publishing-industry-down-0-7-for-month-of-january/

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