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The Association of American Publishers released StatShot data for August from participating publishers, reporting trade sales of $763 million, up 10.6 percent from August 2023. That strong data follows a near-record July. and looks to be a record performance for August, moving ahead of the big $758 million reported in August 2021. In adult books, sales were $550 million—$296 million (up 14.7 percent) in fiction and $254 million (up 8.5 percent) in nonfiction. Digital audio showed significant gains, up 41 percent to $82.5 million, making up 15 percent of the market. Ebooks grew as well, up 6.1 percent to $77.8 …
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Author and illustrator of WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A BIRD David Sibley's A BIRD'S YEAR, an account of birds' movements across the lines of latitude from January 1 to December 31, following the sun, depicting and describing both their smallest daily activities and a grand overview of our interconnected globe, to Todd Portnowitz at Knopf, in a major deal, for seven figures, for publication in 2027, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (world English). russellgalen@sgglit.com Translation: heather@barorint.com
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