One-third of growth in print in the States was driven by juvenile fiction last year, NPD BookScan reports, as the overall numbers comprised 751 million units.
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Print Sales Rose 8.2 Percent
In a statement issued to the news media today (January 7), the NPD Group has announced that print book sales in the US rose 8.2 percent in 2020.
Growth occurred, the industry research specialists say, across all major super-categories including adult nonfiction, juvenile, and teen categories.
That 8.2-percent figure is calculated year-over-year and represents 751 million units.