AAP November 2023 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Down 0.5% for Month of November, and Up 0.6% Year-To-Date

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

Total revenues across all categories for November 2023 were down 0.5% as compared to November 2022, coming in at $1.0 billion. Year-to-date revenues were up 0.6%, at $11.7 billion for the first eleven months of the year.

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Trade (Consumer Books) revenues were down 0.2% in November, coming in at $858.0 million.

In terms of physical paper format revenues during the month of November, in the Trade (Consumer Books) category, Hardback revenues were up 2.0%, coming in at $368.8 million; Paperbacks were down 1.9%, with $262.5 million in revenue; Mass Market was down 53.4% to $9.1 million; and Special Bindings were up 13.8%, with $22.7 million in revenue.
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