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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





 

 

 


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