Investing
in the
Power of
Words
There are More Than140 Million Published Booksin the World
AAP Members Are on the Leading Edge of Education, information & Entertainment Publishing
AAP Publisher MembersSupport, Recognize & Reward Thousands of Creative, Academic, Infomational and Trade Authors

Who We Are

American publishers fuel the creative economy, advance scholarship and lifelong learning, and promote free expression and the democratic exchange of ideas.

We are the modern publishing industry.

News

  • October 29, 2024
    AAP August 2024 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Up 8.5% for Month of August, and Up 7.8% Year-To-Date

    Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Up 13.4% for Month of August, and Up 8.1% Year-to-Da...

  • October 22, 2024
    Publishers Join with Worldwide Coalition to Condemn the Theft of Creative and Intellectual Authorship by Tech Companies for Generative AI Training

    Today, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) joined forces with more than 10,000 creators and coalition partners, including authors, musicians, actors, ...

  • October 08, 2024
    AAP July 2024 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Up 18.1% for Month of July, and Up 7.6% Year-To-Date

    Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Up 22.3% for Month of July, and Up 7.2% Year...

Industry Data & Statistics

74%

of Americans have read a book in the past 12 months

1.8

Billion

print books sold by U.S. publishers in 2018

$1.3

Trillion

in value to the U.S. economy added by core copyright industries

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