Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Book Sales

Book sales in January rose 7.2% to $745 million, based on sales at 79 publishers as reported to the Association of American Publishers.

Adult hardcovers were up 4.2% ($94.4 million), adult paperbacks rose 37.6% ($135.2 million), and adult mass market increased 17.3% ($65.3 million). Children/YA hardcovers decreased 21.9% ($33.6 million), but paperbacks in the same category were up 28.2% ($34 million).

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