Who We Are
American publishers fuel the creative economy, advance scholarship and lifelong learning, and support a strong democracy through free expression.
We are the modern publishing industry.
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