Publishing Begins Rebound?



Book sales in 2010 were 5.6 percent higher than they were in 2008, a new survey says.

Publishers sold 2.57 billion books in all formats in 2010.

“We’re seeing a resurgence, and we’re seeing it across all markets — trade, academic, professional,” Tina Jordan, the vice president of the Association of American Publishers, told the NY Times.

Growth has been good in higher ed, kids/YA books, and ebooks–which went from making up just .6 percent of the trade market in 2008 to 6.4

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