Monthly StatShot, October 2016
Sales of adult trade books fell 13.1% in October 2016 compared to the same month in 2015, while sales in the children’s/young adult segment rose 1.9%, according to figures released by the AAP as part of its StatShot program. The decline in adult trade was led by a 24.1% drop in hardcover sales, and there was also a 21% decline in mass market paperback. Sales of digital audiobooks rose 7.6% in the month, and e-book sales were up 2.6%. For the first 10 months of 2016, sales in the adult trade category were down 3.2% compared to the same period a year ago. The 1.9% increase in the children’s/young adult category was led by a 14.4% gain in board book sales plus a 4.2% rise in paperback. Hardcover sales fell 1.8% compared to a year earlier, and e-book sales were off 17.7%. Total sales of the 1,207 publishers that report to the AAP fell 9.3% in October and were down 6.4% in the year-to-date.
Category
Change Oct
YTD
Adult Hard
-24.1%
-7.0%
Adult Paper
0.1%
7.4%
Mass Market
-21.0%
0.5%
Physical Audio
-31.9%
-13.9%
Audio Download
7.6%
26.9%
Adult E-book
2.6%
-15.4%
Children’s/YA
1.9%
4.4%
Religious Presses
12.0%
7.0%
Professional
-21.7%
-21.5%
K–12 Materials
-24.0%
-8.6%
Higher Ed.
25.1%
-11.4%
University Presses
3.5%
-3.8%
(Comparisons of $ sales against same periods in 2015)
A version of this article appeared in the 03/27/2017 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Monthly StatShot, October
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