Association of American Publishers

November book sales numbers are out, and they don't look great, print-wise. But e-books? They're hot.

While publishers are feeling the weight of the Kindle, Nook, and e-books, one Massachusetts-based non-profit, The PJ Library, is helping boost publishing sales, build family libraries, and enhance the tradition of reading with children at bedtime.

Publishers' book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for September decreased by 12.1 percent over the previous year to $1.1 billion. Year-to-date sales increased by 3.8 percent.

William J. Pesce, President and Chief Executive Officer of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced that Deborah E. Wiley will retire from her role as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications.

This year's Book Industry Study Group (BISG) Annual Meeting at the Yale Club on Sept. 24 was alive with new-found energy and challenges.

According to publishers' book sales figures for the month of July, which are tracked and released by the Association of American Publishers, e-book and downloaded audio book sales posted the highest increases over July 2009, compared to other book categories.

Year-to-date sales of U.S. trade e-books sold through wholesale channels show an increase of more than 204 percent over sales through June 2009.

(Press Release) Seattle, Jul 19, 2010 (Business Wire)—Millions of people are already reading on Kindles and Kindle is the #1 bestselling item on Amazon.com for two years running. It's also the most-wished-for, most-gifted, and has the most 5-star reviews of any product on Amazon.com. Today, Amazon.com announced that Kindle device unit sales accelerated each month in the second quarter—both on a sequential month-over-month basis and on a year-over-year basis.

With the steady increase in e-books sales and the growing demand from consumers for this format, many publishers have had to adjust their business models and production processes to provide their books as e-books. According to May sales figures released this week by the Association of American Publishers and the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), e-book sales increased nearly 163 percent for the month, and year-to-date e-book sales increased 207.4 percent over the same period last year.

According to Simba Information's "Trade E-Book Publishing 2010" report, drawing data from a nationally representative survey, an estimated 9 percent of the U.S. adult population bought at least one e-book in 2009 (compared to an estimated 8 percent in 2008).