Monthly Statshot January 2016
Monthly StatShot January 2016
Issued: June 14th 2016 Including sales from 1,205 publishers
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January 2016 January 2015 Change Total Sales Gross Returns Net Gross Returns Net Gross Returns Net Adult Books 441.9 103.0 338.9 479.7 90.5 389.2 ‐7.9% 13.9% ‐12.9%
Childrens & Young Adult 146.8 35.1 111.7 169.8 29.6 140.3 ‐13.6% 18.8% ‐20.4% Books
Religious Presses 41.9 4.4 37.5 41.8 5.9 36.0 0.1% ‐25.4% 4.2%
Professional Books 40.1 6.7 33.4 46.5 4.9 41.7 ‐13.8% 37.3% ‐19.8%
K‐12 Instructional Materials 72.0 ‐ 72.0 66.8 ‐ 66.8 7.9% ‐ 7.9%
Higher Educational Course 442.3 59.1 383.2 430.6 55.5 375.1 2.7% 6.4% 2.2% Materials
University Presses 8.6 1.1 7.5 9.4 1.4 7.9 ‐7.5% ‐19.6% ‐5.3%
All Other 9.3 1.9 7.4 6.7 1.3 5.5 38.6% 49.8% 36.0%
Total 1203.0 211.3 991.7 1251.3 188.9 1062.4 ‐3.9% 11.8% ‐6.7%
Sales of US Book Publishers – Millions of Dollars
2 Books for Adults
January 2016 January 2015 Change Adult Books Gross Returns Net Gross Returns Net Gross Returns Net Hardback 130.6 50.8 79.8 139.9 43.0 96.9 ‐6.6% 18.1% ‐17.6%
Paperback 149.1 26.4 122.7 144.4 22.3 122.1 3.2% 18.2% 0.5%
Mass Market 41.7 22.4 19.4 52.2 23.2 29.0 ‐20.1% ‐3.5% ‐33.3%
Physical Audio 4.2 1.7 2.5 5.4 1.2 4.2 ‐21.4% 41.3% ‐39.1%
Downloaded Audio 19.4 0.0 19.4 14.9 0.0 14.9 30.3% 30.3%
eBook 88.1 0.0 88.1 113.3 0.1 113.3 ‐22.3% ‐22.3%
Other 8.8 1.8 7.0 9.6 0.7 8.9 ‐8.6% 146.1% ‐21.1%
Total 441.9 103.0 338.9 479.7 90.5 389.2 ‐7.9% 13.9% ‐12.9%
Sales of US Book Publishers – Millions of Dollars
3 Children & Young Adults
Childrens & Young Adult January 2016 January 2015 Change Books Gross Returns Net Gross Returns Net Gross Returns Net Hardback 66.8 21.5 45.3 82.5 17.5 65.0 ‐19.0% 23.0% ‐30.3%
Board Book 9.5 2.0 7.5 19.5 3.2 16.3 ‐51.4% ‐39.5% ‐53.8%
Paperback 53.6 9.9 43.6 45.4 8.1 37.3 17.9% 21.9% 17.0%
eBook 8.6 0.0 8.6 15.7 0.0 15.7 ‐45.2% ‐45.2%
Other 8.3 1.8 6.6 6.7 0.7 5.9 25.1% 143.6% 10.6%
Total 146.8 35.1 111.7 169.8 29.6 140.3 ‐13.6% 18.8% ‐20.4%
Sales of US Book Publishers – Millions of Dollars
4 Religious Presses
January 2016 January 2015 Change Religious Presses Gross Returns Net Gross Returns Net Gross Returns Net Hardback 29.8 3.6 26.2 29.0 4.7 24.3 2.9% ‐22.0% 7.6%
Paperback 3.5 0.4 3.0 3.5 0.5 3.0 ‐0.5% ‐9.8% 0.9%
eBook 3.3 0.0 3.3 4.1 0.0 4.1 ‐19.9% ‐19.9%
Other 5.3 0.3 5.0 5.3 0.7 4.6 0.6% 9.8%
Total 41.9 4.4 37.5 41.8 5.9 36.0 0.1% ‐25.4% 4.2%
Sales of US Book Publishers – Millions of Dollars
5 Professional Publishing
January 2016 January 2015 Change Professional Publishing Gross Returns Net Gross Returns Net Gross Returns Net Business 3.2 0.2 3.0 2.3 0.3 2.0 36.0% ‐28.5% 45.7%
Medical 22.6 4.0 18.6 29.1 3.2 25.9 ‐22.5% 24.6% ‐28.4%
Law, Technical, Scientific 14.3 2.5 11.9 15.1 1.3 13.7 ‐4.8% 82.7% ‐13.4% & Other
Total 40.1 6.7 33.4 46.5 4.9 41.7 ‐13.8% 37.3% ‐19.8%
Sales of US Book Publishers – Millions of Dollars
6 University Presses
January 2016 January 2015 Change University Presses Gross Returns Net Gross Returns Net Gross Returns Net Hardback 2.7 0.6 2.2 3.2 0.7 2.5 ‐14.7% ‐14.9% ‐14.7%
Paperback 5.1 0.5 4.6 5.4 0.7 4.7 ‐5.8% ‐24.8% ‐2.9%
eBook 0.7 0.0 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.6 12.3% 11.6%
Other 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 12.4% 11.6%
Total 8.6 1.1 7.5 9.4 1.4 7.9 ‐7.5% ‐19.6% ‐5.3%
Sales of US Book Publishers – Millions of Dollars
7 Participants (1)
Childrens & University Participants Adult Books Religious Presses Professional Education Other Young Adult Presses American Mathematical Society Brookings Institution Press Cengage Learning Chronicle Books Columbia University Press Consortium Cornell University Press Curriculum Associates, LLC. Disney Publishing Worldwide eChristian ECPA Elsevier Georgetown University Press Hachette Book Group Distribution Hachette Book Group USA Haights Cross Communications Hackett Publishing Company Harlequin Enterprises
8 Participants (2)
Childrens & University Participants Adult Books Religious Presses Professional Education Other Young Adult Presses HarperCollins Publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Independent Publishers Group Ingram Publisher Services John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Johns Hopkins University Press Kensington Publishing Legato Macmillan McGraw‐Hill Education MIT Press Morton Publishers National Geographic Learning Oxford University Press Pearson Education Penguin Random House Penguin Random House Distribution Perseus Books Group Perseus Distribution Publishers Group West
9 Participants (3)
Childrens & University Participants Adult Books Religious Presses Professional Education Other Young Adult Presses Rizzoli International Publications Scholastic, Inc. Simon & Schuster Stanford University Press Syracuse University Press Tantor Media Thames & Hudson University of Chicago Press University of Nebraska Press University of New Mexico University of North Carolina Press University of Pennsylvania Press University Press of Colorado W.W. Norton & Company Workman Publishing
10 Included Publishers Data for the following publishers was provided by others. Brookings Institution Press: Ingram Publisher Services: Books, Quirk Books, Rizzoli, RH Mondadori, Aspen Institute, Bertelsmann Foundation, Abingdon Press, Ammo Books LLC, Anomaly Sasquatch Books, Seven Stories Press, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Publishing, Balcony 7 Media and Publishing, Bella Shambhala, Sierra Club, Smithsonian, Soho Center for Global Development, Center for & Harry, LLC, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Press, Steerforth Press, Titan, Tuttle Publishing, Transatlantic Relations, Centre for Economic Cambridge International Science Publishing, Vertical, Welcome Books, and Wizards of the Policy Research, Centre for European Policy Cardinal, CN Times, Inc, The Do Book Coast. Studies, Century Foundation, Chatham House Company, Dundurn, The Enthusiast, Familius (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), LLC, Fine & Kahn, LLC, Le French Book, Simon & Schuster: Committee to Protect Journalists, Council on GemmaMedia, Harriman House Ltd, Indiana Appleseed Press, Beyond Words Distribution, Foreign Relations, Economica, Institute for the University Press, ILEX, Jumping Jack Press, Kinfolk, Meadowbrook, Baseball America, Study of the Americas, International Labor Kogan Page, Law School Admission Council, Cardoza, Open Road, Baen, Games, Rebellion, Office, Jamestown Foundation, Japan Center for Little Pickle Press, Inc, Mandevilla Press, Morgan Merck, Readers, AMP books, AMP Calendars, International Exchange, Migration Policy James Publishing, Mouse Prints Press, No Limit Victory Belt, World Almanac, Inner Traditions, Institute (MPI), Organization for Economic Publishing, No Nonsense Guide Books, The Dharma Grace Foundation, VIZ, Avatar, Cooperation and Development (OECD), Parkstone Press, Poisoned Pen Press, Premier Hooked on Phonics, Pikachu Press, Weldon Shorenstein , Asia-Pacific Research Center, Digital Publishing, Royal Society of Chemistry, Owen, Chicken Soup, Cider Mill, Boom!, Trilateral Commission, and United Nations She Writes Press, Spring House Press, Tate's Downtown Bookworks, Manhattan gmat, University Press. Bake Shop, The Taunton Press, Third World Ripley's, John Locke Books, Kaplan, Appleseed Press, Inc., Turner Publishing and Windsor Peak Press, Good Books, Wisdom Publications. Consortium: Press. 120 distribution clients. University of Chicago Press: Perseus Book Group: University of Tennessee Press, Ohio University Evangelical Christian Publishers Association: 17 distribution clients. Press, University of Notre Dame Press, Bardin & Marsee Publishing, Concordia Gallaudet University Press, University of Publishing House, Crossway, Gospel Light, Perseus Distribution: Alabama Press, University of Wisconsin Press, Harvest House Publishing, IVP, Kregal, Moody 26 distribution clients. University of Iowa Press, Temple University Publishers, NavPress, NHP/Beacon Hill Press, Press, and Minnesota Historical Society. Rose Publishing, David C Cook, Tyndale House Publishers Group West: Publishers, and Wesleyan Publishing House. 175 distribution clients. Legato Publishing Distribution Clients Hachette Book Group Distribution: Penguin Random House Distribution: Abrams, Amazing People, Filipacchi, Gildan, Archie Comic Publications, Beacon Press, Blue NB: Penguin Random House is now reporting as Guinness, and Octopus. Apple Books, Candlewick Press, DC Comics, one publisher. EgmontUSA, Hatherleigh Press, Kodansha, Kuperard, Mark Batty Publications, Melville House, Monacelli Press, Nat Geographic Soc, Independent Publishers Group: New York Review Bks, North Atlantic Books, 663 distribution clients. Osprey Publishing, Other Press, powerHouse
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