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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
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October 29, 2024AAP 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...
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October 22, 2024Publishers 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, ...
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October 08, 2024AAP 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