Book store sales in the U.S. 1992-2023

Published by
Amy Watson,
Apr 9, 2024
In 2023, U.S. book store sales reached 8.3 billion U.S. dollars according to preliminary estimates, down from 8.35 billion in the previous year. The 2023 figure will be subject to later adjustments, but demonstrated an drop from the figures for both 2021 and 2022, and sales are yet to return to pre-pandemic levels.

Book store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)

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Release date

April 2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

1992 to 2023

Special properties

bookstore sales are from stores at which books account for at least 50 percent of revenue

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded.
All numbers are estimates and based on data from the Annual Retail Trade Survey.
Estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Additional information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, sample design, and definitions can be found here.
Estimated measures of sample variability can be found here.

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