AAP May 2023 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Flat for Month of May, and Up 0.7% Year-To-Date

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

Total revenues across all categories for May 2023 were flat as compared to May 2022, coming in at $846.8 million. Year-to-date revenues were up 0.7%, at $4.7 billion for the first five months of the year.

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Trade (Consumer Books) revenues were down 1.6% in May, coming in at $661.3 million.

In terms of physical paper format revenues during the month of May, in the Trade (Consumer Books) category, Hardback revenues were down 0.3%, coming in at $233.5 million; Paperbacks were down 3.6%, with $239.5 million in revenue; Mass Market was down 41.2% to $6.1 million; and Special Bindings were down 21.5%, with $10.2 million in revenue.

eBook revenues were down 0.9% for the month as compared to May 2022 for a total of $81.1 million, while the Digital Audio format remained up at 15.3% for May, coming in at $68.9 million in revenue. Physical Audio was down 8.5% coming in at $1.1 million.
more at: https://publishers.org/news/aap-may-2023-statshot-report-overall-publishing-industry-flat-for-month-of-may-and-up-0-7-year-to-date/

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