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Sales: AAP Sales Rise 4.3% in June Aug 5, 2007
Net book sales in June rose 4.3% to $720.6 million and year-to-date
sales rose 7.9% to $3.571 billion, according to data compiled from 80
publishers by the Association of American Publishers. Category winners and losers: Audiobook rose 25.9% to $12.9 million Children's/YA hardcover rose 22.2% to $42.3 million Religious books rose 19.4% to $37.3 million E-books jumped 13.5% to $2.7 million Adult hardcover rose 11.1% to $106.9 million Professional and scholarly rose 7.4% to $66.1 million Children's/YA paperback was up 7.1% to $38.4 million Adult paperback rose 0.3% to $107.4 million University press hardcover slipped 2.1% to $4.4 million Adult mass market dropped 4.6% to $71 million University press paperback fell 9.2% to $3.7 million |