Amy Watson
Research expert covering news and publishing
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Revenue of the U.S. book publishing industry 2008-2022
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Audiobook industry size in the U.S. 2018-2022
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E-books: unit sales in the U.S. 2016-2020
Revenue of the U.S. book publishing industry 2008-2022
Estimated net revenue of the book publishing industry in the United States from 2008 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Book publisher sales revenue in the U.S. 2012-2022, by category
Book publisher net sales revenue in the United States from 2012 to 2022, by category (in million U.S. dollars)
Trade book sales revenue in the U.S. 2017-2022, by format
Trade book sales revenue in the United States from 2017 to 2022, by format (in million U.S. dollars)
Revenue of the trade book publishing industry in the U.S. 2013-2022
Estimated revenue of the trade book publishing industry in the United States from 2013 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Revenue of the U.S. professional book publishing industry 2013-2022
Net revenue of the professional book publishing industry in the United States from 2013 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Revenue of the U.S. higher education book publishing industry 2013-2022
Net revenue of the higher education book publishing industry in the United States from 2013 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Estimated expenses of U.S. book publishers 2010-2021
Estimated expenses of U.S. book publishers from 2010 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Fast-growing indie publishers in the U.S. 2021-2023
Sales growth of independent book publishers in the United States from 2021 to 2023
Best-selling print books in the U.S. 2023
Best-selling print books in the United States in 2023, by unit sales (in 1,000s)
Best-selling books in the U.S. 2024
Best-selling books in the United States in the week ending February 10, 2024, by unit sales (in 1,000s)
Unit sales of frontlist children's books U.S. H1 2023
Best-selling frontlist children's books in the United States in 1st half 2023 (in 1,000s)
Print book unit sales in the U.S. 2013-2023, by category
Unit sales of printed books in the United States from 2013 to 2023, by category (in 1,000s)
Book store sales in the U.S. 1992-2023
Book store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Monthly retail sales of U.S. bookstores 2018-2023
Monthly retail sales of bookstores in the United States from January 2018 to November 2023 (in million U.S. dollars)
Comic publisher: store market share in the U.S. 2023
Distribution of comic store sales in the United States in 4th quarter 2023, by publisher
Number of independent bookstores in the U.S. 2009-2023
Number of independent bookstores in the United States from 2009 to 2023
U.S. daily time spent reading 2014-2023
Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2014 to 2023 (in hours)
Average reading time in the U.S. 2018-2023, by age group
Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2023, by age group (in hours)
Average reading time in the U.S. 2018-2023, by ethnicity
Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2023, by ethnicity (in hours)
Book consumption in the U.S. 2011-2021, by format
Share of adults who have read a book in any format in the last 12 months in the United States from 2011 to 2021, by format
Book readers in the U.S. 2019-2021, by age group
Share of adults who have read a book in any format in the last 12 months in the United States in 2019 and 2021, by age group
U.S. household expenditure on reading 2007-2022
Mean annual expenditure on reading per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars)
U.S. household expenditure on books 2007-2022, by type
Mean annual expenditure on books per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2022, by type (in U.S. dollars)
U.S. household expenditure on digital book readers 2011-2022
Mean annual expenditure on digital book readers per consumer unit in the United States from 2011 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars)
Recreational books: consumer expenditure in the U.S. 1999-2023
Consumer expenditure on recreational books in the United States from 1999 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Educational books: consumer expenditure in the U.S. 1999-2023
Consumer expenditure on educational books in the United States from 1999 to 2023 in billion U.S. dollars)
Student spending on course material in the U.S. 2007-2023
Student spending on course material in the United States from the academic years 2007/08 to 2022/23 (in U.S. dollars)
Holiday gifts: what U.S. consumers plan to buy 2024
Holiday gifts to be bought by consumers in the United States in 2024, by category
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