BookStats Overall Highlights

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Size of the total U.S. publishing industry in publisher net sales revenue:

• $27.9 Billion for 2010
• $27.1B for 2009
• $26.5B for 2008

What that represents:

• Year-to-year growth from 2008-2009 was 2.5%
• Year-to-year growth from 2009-2010 was 3.1%
• Two-year overall growth (2008-2010) was 5.6%

Size of the total U.S. publishing industry in publisher net unit sales:

• 2.57 Billion in 2010
• 2.514B in 2009
• 2.474B in 2008

What that represents:

• Unit sales growth from 2008-2009 increased 1.7% in volume
• Unit sales growth from 2009-2010 saw slightly increased performance and grew by 2.4%
• Two-year overall growth (2008-2010) was 4.1%

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