2020 has been surprisingly good for the publishing industry - Good e-Reader

Print sales have risen by 8 percent, which may not seem much but is the highest it has been in several years. Similarly, there has been a rise in demand for eBooks and audiobooks as well even though both make up a smaller proportion of the market. According to figures put up by 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, audiobook revenue rose by 17 percent over the same period last year. The sale of eBooks too picked up by registering a 16 percent growth.