Publishing industry

Revenues from US publishers have increased 6.9% to nearly $6 billion for the first six months of 2019, with growth in all categories apart from e-books, according to the Association of American PublishersThe national trade association of the American book publishing industry; AAP has more than 300 members, including most of the major commercial publishers in the United States, as well as smaller and non-profit publishers, university presses and scholarly societies (AAP).

E-book revenues were at $493 million, a decline of 3.8% as compared to the same period in 2018.

More than 200 people from 40 countries attended the International Publishers Association's Africa Rising summit on June 13 and 14 in Nairobi. The event featured panel discussions and presentations on the challenges of professional publishing, both trade and educational, in Africa.  Read more

UK book sales fell for the first time in five years in 2018, despite the success of bestsellers such as Michelle Obama's autobiography, Becoming.

The UK publishing industry was hit by a surprise fall of £168m (5.4%) in sales of physical books last year, ending a period of growth stretching back to at least 2014.  Read more

"We're now moving into one that's far more serious in terms of the collision of ideas and the need for stories, the need for writers to be published freely, courageously.  Read more

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