From Publishing Perspectives:
In its November 2022 StatShot report, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) cites total revenues across all categories down 14.4 percent over November 2021, at US$1.0 billion. As happened throughout 2022, of course, observers look at these comparisons carefully, mindful that 2021 was the second year of the still ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic‘s effects on the marketplace, both in the States and abroad.
Year-to-date revenues, the AAP reports, were down 6 percent at US$11.6 billion for the first 11 months of the year.
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Year-Over-Year Numbers
In print formats:
- Hardback revenues were down 22.4 percent, coming in at $355.2 million
- Paperbacks were down 5.4 percent, with $274.2 million in revenue
- Mass market was 14.9 percent to $19.5 million
- Special bindings were down 15.9 percent, with $20.0 million in revenue
In digital formats:
- Ebook revenues were down 10.4 percent for the month as compared to November 2021 for a total of $83.1 million
- The closely watched downloaded audio format was up 5.6 percent for November 2022, coming in at $73.9 million in revenue
- Physical audio was down 33.7 percent, coming in at $1.7 million. . . .
Year-to-Date-Numbers
- Year-to-date, the industry’s trade revenues were down 6.1 percent, at $8.4 billion for the first 11 months of the year.
In print formats:
- Hardback revenues were 14.1 percent, coming in at $3.0 billion
- Paperbacks were up 1.3 percent, with $3.0 billion in revenue
- Mass market was down 23.8 percent to $170.9 million
- Special bindings were down 4.3 percent, with $185.7 million in revenue
In digital formats:
- Ebook revenues were down 6.3 percent as compared to the first 11 months of 2022, for a total $928.0 million
- The downloaded audio format was up 7.2 percent, at $767,0 million in revenue
- Physical audio was down 30.5 percent, coming in at $14.5 million
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