Es - book tax revenue are up by 15.2 % from 2019 , hitting $ 1 billion last year , according to areportby the Association of American Publishers . December figure should reach at least $ 100 million if the organization ’s estimates are right .
“ Print account book sales tracked for the year by NPD BookScan rise 8.2 percent in 2020 despite — and in some ways because of — the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic,”wrotetrade book analyst Porter Anderson .
Total script sale see a bump as well with adult Book rising 35.4 % year - over - year thanks to A Promised Land by former President Barack Obama and political books like Mary Trump ’s Too Much and Never Enough .
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The seemingly dull rise of Es - books is still surprising given lockdown and the ease of downloading Modern titles . full revenues across all class — from new adult titles to university presses oblation — come up 24.5 % compare to November 2019 . full book gross was $ 1.2 billion . Ebooks made up 9.3 % of entire book sales last November .
“ After a jarring drop - off at the beginning of the pandemic , the US print book mart has prove noteworthy resilience throughout 2020 , posting impressive gains , even as alternating formats like ebooks and audiobooks have also arise , ” saidKristen McLeanof the NPD Group , a market research firm .
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Stats through 24 December 2024, US print sales onlyScreenshot: The NPD Group / NPD BookScan
