Publishers’ aggregated net revenues were up +4.9% in 2014 compared to 2013. The growth was driven primarily by Children/Young Adult and PreK-12 instructional materials.
This number includes Trade (fiction/non-fiction), K-12 Instructional Materials, Higher Education Course Materials, University Presses, etc. at a total of $15.7 billion dollars for the year, compared to $15.0 billion dollars in 2013.
Within the trade category, revenues were up +3.8% over the prior year at $7.2 billion, compared to $6.9 billion in 2013.
More data and analysis about 2014 will be available with the release of StatShot Annual, available later this year.
General Trends for 2014
• Childrens & Young Adult Books had consistent growth every month, with impressive double-digit growth over the prior month from the previous year in 11 out of 12 months.
• All categories experienced growth over the prior year, with the exception of Adult Books, which was down -1.4%; within that category, Downloaded Audio (+27.2% ) and Paperback (+2.3%) were bright spots growing compared to 2013and Hardback declined (-8.2%).
• eBooks resumed their growth in 2014, at +4.7% over 2013.
Trade Publishing Highlights:
• Downloaded Audio was the format that grew the most in 2014, with +28.7 growth over 2013
• Trade had a good December, compared to December 2013, with sales up +11.9%. In addition to the healthy Childrens and Young Adult books growth of +22.5%, Adult books also contributed to this gain, with 8.9% growth over December 2013
• Within Adult Books, Paperbacks had its best month this year, up +22.7 compared to last December; the format also did well in Childrens and Young Adult category with +38.0% growth
The below charts offer selected highlights from the December 2014 StatShot, representing 1,209 publishers. The full report is provided to AAP member organizations and available on a paid subscription basis for non-members. The chart captures publishers’ aggregated net revenue from each of the three formats we are able to measure across all Trade categories: Hardcover, Paperback and eBook. All figures represent publishers’ net revenue from all distribution channels (these are not retailer/consumer sales figures).
TOTAL TRADE* NET REVENUE – BY CATEGORIES (in millions)
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|
Jan. - Dec. 2014 |
Jan. - Dec. 2013 |
Percent Change |
|
TOTAL TRADE* |
$7184.3 |
$6919.7 |
+3.8% |
|
Adult Fiction/Non-Fiction |
$4743.9 |
$4811.6 |
-1.4% |
|
Children’s/Young Adult |
$1886.7 |
$1561.5 |
+20.8% |
|
Religious Presses |
$553.8 |
$546.6 |
+1.3% |
TOTAL TRADE* NET REVENUE – BY FORMATS
|
|
Jan. - Dec. 2014 |
Jan. - Dec. 2013 |
Percent Change |
|
Total Trade eBooks |
$1582.0 |
$1510.9 |
+4.7% |
|
Total Trade Hardback |
$2556.5 |
$2569.3 |
-0.5% |
|
Total Trade Paperback |
$2111.7 |
$1950.5 |
+8.3% |
*Total Trade includes all formats in Adult Fiction/Non-Fiction, Children’s/Young Adult and Religious Presses.
