AAP October 2023 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Up 1.8% for Month of October, and Up 0.7% Year-To-Date

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

Total revenues across all categories for October 2023 were up 1.8% as compared to October 2022, coming in at $1.2 billion. Year-to-date revenues were up 0.7%, at $10.6 billion for the first ten months of the year.

Trade (Consumer Books) revenues were up 1.3% in October, coming in at $975.0 million.

In terms of physical paper format revenues during the month of October, in the Trade (Consumer Books) category, Hardback revenues were down 2.3%, coming in at $441.8 million; Paperbacks were up 5.5%, with $301.1 million in revenue; Mass Market was up 44.4% to $10.4 million; and Special Bindings were up 3.7%, with $25.8 million in revenue.

eBook revenues were up 6.9% for the month as compared to October 2022 for a total of $86.2 million, and the Digital Audio format remained up at 8.6% for October, coming in at $72.8 million in revenue. Physical Audio was down 34.0% coming in at $1.3 million.+
more at: https://publishers.org/news/aap-october-2023-statshot-report-overall-publishing-industry-up-1-8-for-month-of-october-and-up-0-7-year-to-date/

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