Maintaining an upward trend in e-book sales, religious presses reported a more than 20% increase for all of 2012 versus January-December 2011, with sales of more than $57 million, according to the latest figures available from the Association of American Publishers (AAP).

Overall, religious book sales for 2012 versus 2011 saw a more than 5% drop to $576.6 million.

For the month of December, religious presses saw hardcover sales decline more than 22% compared to December 2011. Religious paperback sales also decreased 25% in December 2012, while e-books were up 2.6%.

Religious paperback sales experienced a more than 16% decrease for all of 2012 versus January-December 2011, with sales of more than $171 million. In the same date range, religious hardcover sales were down more than 3%, with sales of more than $294 million.

With nearly 1,200 publishers reporting, AAP's Monthly StatShot report included data from Crossway, Gospel Light, Moody Publishers, David C Cook, Thomas Nelson and Tyndale House Publishers, among others represented by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.

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