July Sales Jumped in Trade, Fell in Education (publishersweekly.com)
The July edition of the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program showed a clear divide between the current fortunes of trade and educational publishers.
Sales of adult books rose 20.9% in the month over July 2019, and sales in the children/young adult category increased 14.5%. Sales of religious books were up 4% over July 2019. In contrast, sales in the K-12 instructional materials category fell 24.9% compared to last July, while sales in the higher educational course materials segment fell 21.9%. Overall, industry sales from the 1,361 publishers who report sales to the AAP fell 9.4% in the month, and were down 5.8% in the first seven months of 2020 compared to a year ago.
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