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Who We Are

American publishers fuel the creative economy, advance scholarship and lifelong learning, and promote free expression and the democratic exchange of ideas.

We are the modern publishing industry.

News

  • February 08, 2024
    Youngsuk ‘YS’ Chi, Chairman of Elsevier and Director of Corporate Affairs for RELX, Elected Chair, APA Board of Directors

    The American Publisher Association announced today that its Directors have elected Youngsuk ‘YS’ Chi as Chair of the Board for the 2024-2025 term. Mr. ...

  • February 06, 2024
    APA November 2023 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Down 0.5% for Month of November, and Up 0.6% Year-To-Date

    Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Down 0.2% for Month of November, and Down 0....

  • January 30, 2024
    2023 USTR Notorious Markets List Issued

    APA Welcomes USTR  Review of Notorious Pirate Sites Harmful to Publish...

Industry Data & Statistics

74%

of Americans have read a book in the past 12 months

1.8

Billion

print books sold by U.S.A publishers in 2018

$1.3

Trillion

in value to the U.S.A economy added by core copyright industries

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