BOOKSTORE SALES DOWN IN FEBRUARY
BOOKSTORE SALES DOWN IN FEBRUARY
Washington D.C., April 23, 2012. The U.S. Census Bureau has reported bookstore sales were down in February by 4.1% when compared to the previous year. Total retail sales, however, were up for the month by 10.5%. Year-to-date in 2012, bookstore sales were down 1.9%, and total retail sales rose 8%. The book market continues to be challenged with volume with the threats of e-books and other electronic entertainment options.
STRONG BOOK SALES IN JANUARY
STRONG BOOK SALES IN JANUARY
March 28, 2012. Washington, DC – The American Association of Publishers (AAP) reported strong book sales in general in January compared to 2011. These strong sales numbers were particularly noticeable in Adult, Children’s /YA, and Religious titles. Adult hardcover books sales were up 21.6% for the month, while Children’s/YA sales for hardcover were up 68.9% and paperback sales were up 61.9%. Religious Hardcover was up slightly at 2.9% for January. The AAP indicated the increases were the result of improving economic conditions, as well as the release of a number of successful new titles. E-books continued to grow at triple digit percentages.
Bookstore Sales are Flat
Bookstore Sales are Flat
March 13, 2012. Bookstore sales were flat in January 2012 when compared to January 2011. This is according to information from the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales in January were the same at $2.07 billion. Totals include sales from college bookstores and other stores where books make up at least 50% of the volume. Given that January of 2011 included numbers from Borders stores, now closed, and fears that the recent holiday buying of e-readers would lead to a decrease in printed books, the January report is encouraging for bookstores.
E-books Have an Impact
E-books Have An Impact.
New York, New York, March 5, 2012.
The growth of e-books in 2011 continued at an aggressive pace. Sales for books on e-readers jumped 117% in 2011, according to the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Reporting members of AAP showed lower sales of 17% on printed books. The hardest hit segment was mass market paperback, where sales dropped 36%. The reporting companies included substantial publishers like: Penguin Group, Simon and Shuster, and Harlequinn.
Bookstore Sales Drop for Fourth Year
BOOKSTORE SALES DROP FOR FOURTH YEAR.
February 20,2012.
The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that bookstore sales fell by less than 1% in 2011. This, however, was the fourth consecutive year for falling sales at bookstores. Since 2007, bookstore sales have fallen a total of 9.6%. Conceivably, sales would have increased in 2011 had it not been for a decrease in the final month. December bookstore sales dropped 15.6%. This large decrease reflects the popularity of e-book readers as a holiday gift, and the absence of Borders bookstores from the previous year.
AAP Realeases Book Sales Nov. 2011
AAP Releases Book Sales for November 2011
February 6, 2012.
New York, NY. The Association of American Publishers have just released book sales results for November 2011 showing the Children’s/Young Adult Hardcover segment growing 38% for the month. This was a result of the release of the new title Inheritance. Even with this very large increase for the month the segment is still down 65 year-to-date. E-book sales increases slowed to 66%. This could be expected since the growth is now being compared to a sizeable base from 2010. The Religious segment remained strong and the only ink-on-paper segment to show growth ytd. Increases for religious books in November were 6.9%, and now stand at 8.9% for the year of 2011.
Digital Reading Devices Double
Monday, January 30, 2012.
DIGITAL READING DEVICES DOUBLE.
New York, NY. It was announced last week at the Digital Book World conference that the growth of this market is being driven by the increasing number of digital readers in the hands of consumers. The number of dedicated e-readers or tablet doubled during the 2011 holiday season. This is from a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project. The study found that 29% of adults owned an e-reader or tablet in early January 2012.
October 2011 Book Sales
OCTOBER 2011 BOOK SALES
New York, New York. January 3, 2012. E-book sales continued to have a negative impact on ink-on-paper books in October 2011. The e-book segment grew at 81% in October according to the Association of American Publishers. The October increase was the first time that e-books did not at least double over the same period of one year ago. Year-to-date, e-book sales are up 131%.
The only book segment to show an increase in October was the Religious segment with growth of 12%. As seen throughout the 2011 year, the mass market paperback segments saw significant decreases with sales down 37.6%. Adult hardcover sales fell 7.8%, and Children’s hardcover sales were down 7.3%.
Book Sales Continue to Fall
BOOK SALES CONTINUE TO FALL
New York, NY. December 5, 2011. Continued substantial growth of e-book sales was not enough to hold off a decline in total book sales. The combined sales of e-books and print books showed a decline in year-over-year reductions year-to-date through September of 5.7%. These are the figures as reported by the Association of American Publishers. The print book segment most hurt by the growth of e-books is the mass market paperback. This segment saw sales drop 54.3% when compared to September of 2010. Religious publishers saw a drop of 6.3% for September compared to the previous year. However, the religious book segment has seen growth of 6.6% for the first nine months of the year as a result of good growth earlier in the year.
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