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Book Industry Statistics

Estimated Book Publishing Industry Net Sales, 2002-2007
in Thousands of Dollars

2002
Census
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Compound
Growth Rate
 
$
$
% Change
$
% Change
$
% Change
$
% Change
$
% Change
2002-2007
Trade (Total)
7,144,188
6,872,190
-3.8%
7,504,458
9.2%
8,043,471
7.2%
8,274,103
2.9%
8,525,932
3.0%
3.6%

      Adult Hardbound

2,371,553
2,314,636
-2.4%
2,460,458
6.3%
2,495,175
1.4%
2,597,477
4.1%
2,800,080
7.8%
3.4%
      Adult Paperbound
1,876,620
1,865,360
-0.6%
1,917,590
2.8%
2,099,187
9.5%
2,277,618
8.5%
2,282,173
0.2%
4.0%
      Juvenile Hardbound
1,636,248
1,484,077
-9.3%
1,902,587
28.2%
2,100,456
10.4%
2,058,447
-2.0%
2,048,155
-0.5%
4.6%
      Juvenile Paperbound
1,259,767
1,208,117
-4.1%
1,223,823
1.3%
1,348,653
10.2%
1,340,561
-0.6%
1,395,524
4.1%
2.1%
Book Clubs & Mail Order
852,384
775,669
-9.0%
706,634
-8.9%
659,290
-6.7%
639,511
-3.0%
621,605
-2.8%
-6.1%
Mass Market Paperbound
1,216,710
1,196,026
-1.7%
1,089,580
-8.9%
1,091,759
0.2%
1,141,980
4.6%
1,119,140
-2.0%
-1.7%
Audiobooks
143,410
161,049
12.3%
159,922
-0.7%
206,299
29.0%
182,162
-11.7%
218,230
19.8%
8.8%
Religious
556,799
836,312
50.2%
883,145
5.6%
829,273
-6.1%
744,687
-10.2%
783,411
5.2%
7.1%
E-books
7,337
19,772
169.5%
30,271
53.1%
43,832
44.8%
54,396
24.1%
67,233
23.6%
55.7%
Professional
3,155,191
3,268,778
3.6%
3,334,154
2.0%
3,300,812
-1.0%
3,376,731
2.3%
3,474,656
2.9%
1.9%
El-Hi (K-12 Education)
5,795,044
5,939,920
2.5%
5,945,860
0.1%
6,570,175
10.5%
6,189,105
-5.8%
6,356,211
2.7%
1.9%
Higher Education
3,025,029
3,133,930
3.6%
3,190,341
1.8%
3,359,429
5.3%
3,453,493
2.8%
3,677,970
6.5%
4.0%
All Other
136,488
153,932
12.8%
161,629
5.0%
158,558
-1.9%
140,641
-11.3%
115,185
-18.1%
-3.3%
Total
22,032,580
22,357,578
1.5%
23,005,994
2.9%
24,262,898
5.5%
24,196,809
-0.3%
24,959,573
3.2%
2.5%

 

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