Written by Eric Tiansay
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 03:47 PM America/New_York |
For the first time in a year, sales of religious books saw a small increase in December, while overall book sales decreased by 0.2% to $1.5 billion but were up by 4.1% for the year, according to the Association of American Publishers (AAP).
The month's sales for religious books were up 0.6%, to $52.7 million, although the category was down by 9% for the year at $588.7 million. The months-long slide in sales of religious books halted in November, with no change over October. Previously, sales of religious books had been on a steady decline since January 2009.
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