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Religious books sales revenue in the U.S. 2011-2017

The statistic presents religious books sales revenue generated in the United States from 2011 to 2017. In the first 11 months of 2017, religious books generated 416.4 million U.S. dollars in sales revenue. Book store sales on the whole have been in decline in recent years in the United States. The sales revenue peaked at over 17 billion U.S. dollars in 2007, but has since shrunk to 10.73 billion U.S. dollars in 2017. In this year, revenue of bookstores in the United States amounted to 12 billion U.S. dollars, down from 17.23 billion U.S. dollars in 2011.

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The statistic presents religious books sales revenue generated in the United States from 2011 to 2017. In the first 11 months of 2017, religious books generated 416.4 million U.S. dollars in sales revenue. Book store sales on the whole have been in decline in recent years in the United States. The sales revenue peaked at over 17 billion U.S. dollars in 2007, but has since shrunk to 10.73 billion U.S. dollars in 2017. In this year, revenue of bookstores in the United States amounted to 12 billion U.S. dollars, down from 17.23 billion U.S. dollars in 2011.

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Release date: April 2018

Region: United States
Survey time period: 2011 to 2017
Supplementary notes: Figures prior to 2016 come from earlier articles.

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