In 2023, U.S. book store sales reached 8.3 billion U.S. dollars according to preliminary estimates, down from 8.35 billion in the previous year. The 2023 figure will be subject to later adjustments, but demonstrated an drop from the figures for both 2021 and 2022, and sales are yet to return to pre-pandemic levels.
Book store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2023
(in billion U.S. dollars)
bookstore sales are from stores at which books account for at least 50 percent of revenue
Supplementary notes
Figures have been rounded.
All numbers are estimates and based on data from the Annual Retail Trade Survey.
Estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Additional information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, sample design, and definitions can be found here.
Estimated measures of sample variability can be found here.
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Publishers Weekly. (April 9, 2024). Book store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/197710/annual-book-store-sales-in-the-us-since-1992/
Publishers Weekly. "Book store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 9, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/197710/annual-book-store-sales-in-the-us-since-1992/
Publishers Weekly. (2024). Book store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/197710/annual-book-store-sales-in-the-us-since-1992/
Publishers Weekly. "Book Store Sales in The United States from 1992 to 2023 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/197710/annual-book-store-sales-in-the-us-since-1992/
Publishers Weekly, Book store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/197710/annual-book-store-sales-in-the-us-since-1992/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Book store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Publishers Weekly, April 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/197710/annual-book-store-sales-in-the-us-since-1992/
