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The Association of American Publishers (AAP) released StatShot data from participating publishers for November, reporting overall trade sales up 2.6 percent to $865 million. Adult books sold $604 million, up 1.8 percent, including $295 million in fiction and $309 million in nonfiction. Hardcovers grew 2.5 percent to $243 million and paperbacks fell 2.4 percent to $176 million. Ebooks sold $74.4 million, up 2.1 percent, and digital audio rose 18.7 percent to $95.9 million. Children’s books grew 4.6 percent to $261 million, with $218 million in fiction and $43 million in nonfiction. Hardcovers sold $104 million, a 12.9 percent increase, and …
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Behavioral scientist and author of RIPPLE April Vellacott's MARTHA WANTS A BABY, about the lengths women go to in order to check off all of life's boxes and feel like they're “enough," to Kate Roddy at akaStory, in a good deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2027, by Melissa Edwards at Stonesong, on behalf of Oscar Janson-Smith (NA). Rights: Oscar Janson-Smith
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