Religious book sales drop in January—except e-books |
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Written by Jeremy Burns |
Friday, 02 May 2014 06:20 PM America/New_York |
Net hardcover sales from religious presses fell 12% to 24 million in January, versus $27.3 million sold during the same month in 2013. Religious presses’ paperback sales also dropped, from $8.5 million in January 2013 to $7.7 million the same month a year later—a decline of 9%. However, e-books from religious presses fared much better, seeing significant growth—$5 million this January versus $4.1 million in January 2013, a 22.5% increase. Religious presses’ net sales of all titles declined from $47.2 million in January 2013 to $43.7 million in January 2014, a 7.4% decline. With more than
1,200 publishers reporting, AAP's Monthly StatShot report includes data from
Concordia Publishing House, Crossway, eChristian, Harvest House Publishers,
Kregel Publications, David C Cook, InterVarsity Press and Tyndale House
Publishers, among others represented by the Evangelical Christian Publishers
Association. |