Total net book sales in 2013 rose 1%, to $15.05 billion, compared to 2012, and represent sales of 1,211 publishers and distributed clients as reported to the Association of American Publishers. In major categories, adult books overall rose 0.8%, to $4.88 billion, while children's/YA titles fell 6.6%, to $1.56 billion. Religious presses rose 1.9%, to $572 million, and university presses were up 2.9%, to $118.9 million.
E-book sales were relatively flat in 2013, compared to the previous several years: adult e-book sales rose 3.8%, to $1.3 billion, while children's/YA e-books had the worst year of any category, falling 26.7%, to $170.5 million.
|
Category |
Sales |
% Change |
|
University press e-books |
$12.2 million |
31% |
|
Children's board books |
$6.7 million |
20.5% |
|
Downloaded audio |
$74 million |
18.6% |
|
Adult hardcover |
$1.53 billion |
9.7% |
|
Religious e-books |
$63.6 million |
9.7% |
|
Children's/YA paperbacks |
$518.4 million |
5.5% |
|
K-12 instructional materials |
$2.85 billion |
4.5% |
|
Adult e-books |
$1.3 billion |
3.8% |
|
Religious hardcovers |
$307.4 million |
3.4% |
|
Professional books |
$732.9 million |
3.1% |
|
University paperbacks |
$58.6 million |
2.2% |
|
Higher ed course materials |
$4.3 billion |
1.4% |
|
Physical audiobooks |
$78.4 million |
0.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
University hardcovers |
$46.9 million |
-1.7% |
|
Religious paperbacks |
$119 million |
-5.1% |
|
Mass market |
$373.1 million |
-7.7% |
|
Adult paperbacks |
$1.36 million |
-9.3% |
|
Children's/YA hardcovers |
$733.3 million |
-10.9% |
|
Children's/YA e-books |
$170.5 million |
-26.7% |