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Power of
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There are More Than140 Million Published Booksin the World
AAP Members Are on the Leading Edge of Education, information & Entertainment Publishing
AAP Publisher MembersSupport, Recognize & Reward Thousands of Creative, Academic, Infomational and Trade Authors

Who We Are

American publishers fuel the creative economy, advance scholarship and lifelong learning, and promote free expression and the democratic exchange of ideas.

We are the modern publishing industry.

News

  • April 23, 2024
    Publishers, Authors and Booksellers File Amicus Brief Supporting Plaintiffs in Suit Challenging Iowa Censorship Law

    On April 19, 2024, the Association of American Publishers, joined by the American Booksellers for Free Expression, Authors Guild, Inc., Comic Book Legal Defens...

  • March 27, 2024
    The Association of American Publishers Announces 2024 PROSE Award Winners for Excellence and the R.R. Hawkins Award

    Princeton University Press, Cambridge University Press, Duke University Press, and ...

  • March 26, 2024
    AAP December 2023 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Up 0.4% for Calendar Year 2023, and Down 2.5% for Month of December

    Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Down 1.2% for Month of December, and 0.3% for F...

Industry Data & Statistics

74%

of Americans have read a book in the past 12 months

1.8

Billion

print books sold by U.S. publishers in 2018

$1.3

Trillion

in value to the U.S. economy added by core copyright industries

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