According to figures from the Association of American Publishers, book sales in June rose 4.3% to $720.6 million and 7.9% year to date.
Increases
- Audiobook: 25.9% to $12.9 million
- E-books: 13.5% to $2.7 million
- Children’s/YA hardcover up 22.2% to $42.3 million
- Children’s/YA paperback: 7.1% to $38.4 million
- Religious books: 19.4% to $37.3 million
- Adult hardcover: 11.1% to $106.9 million
- Adult paperback: 0.3% to $107.4 million (I assume that this is trade paperbacks)
Decreases
- Adult mass market: 4.6% to $71 million
Via Shelf Awareness.
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Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. She's currently loving contemporary authors like Sarah Mayberry and Kristan Higgins but her first love will always be the historical. Some of her old time favorites are Amanda Quick and Johanna Lindsey and some of the new favorites are Sherry Thomas, Joanna Bourne and Claudia Dain.
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