Industry Statistics

E-books became the publishing industry’s single bestselling format for adult fiction in 2011, with sales of $1.27 billion, according to the results of a survey released Wednesday by the Book Industry Study Group.

For the second month in a row, retail sales at bookstores outpaced 2011. May retail sales at bookstores increased by 5.7 percent compared to May 2011, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

Following three months of decline, April retail sales at bookstores increased by 3.8 percent compared to April 2011, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

Here, in its entirety, is the report of ABA CEO Oren Teicher to the membership at the association’s June 5 annual meeting at BEA.

ABA educational programming at the first ABC Children’s Institute kicked off with the opening plenary “Understanding the Children’s Book Consumer in the Digital Age,” presented by Kelly Gallagher, vice president, Publishing Work Flow Solutions, R.R. Bowker.

March retail sales at bookstores dropped 3.8 percent compared to March 2011, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

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February retail sales at bookstores dropped 4.1 percent compared to February 2011, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

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January retail sales at bookstores were nearly flat compared to January 2011, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.