Today, the Association of American Publishers released the StatShot Annual report covering the calendar year 2025, estimating that the U.S. publishing industry generated $33.4 billion in publishing revenue for hardcovers, paperbacks and digital content. Publishing revenue is up 2.5% as compared to $32.5 billion in revenue in 2024, and up 16.1% when comparing 2021 to 2025. Digital audiobooks increased 5.3% to $2.5 billion in 2025, and e-books increased 3.2% to $2.2 billion. During the year, revenue from Hardbacks climbed 3.9% to $8.2 billion, while Paperbacks increased 2.1% to $8.0 billion. Year over year, Hardbacks increased 3.9% and Paperbacks increased 2.0%.