BISG BookStats - Live Webcast

BISG has announced two webinars to discuss the recent release of BookStats:

During each Webcast, representatives from the BookStats data team will provide a comprehensive look into how BookStats was developed and what trends were discovered. The presentation will include analysis of several top line data points as well as a tour through the interactive BookStats Online Data Dashboard.

Register Wed, August 31, 2011 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Register Wed, September 7, 2011 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern

Spanning 2008-2010, BookStats offers data and analysis of the total industry and the individual Trade, K-12 School, Higher Education, Professional and Scholarly markets. Produced jointly by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Book Industry Study Group (BISG), its highlights include:

• Overall U.S. publishing revenues are growing
• Overall U.S. publishing unit sales are up as well
• Americans, young and old, are reading actively in all print and digital formats
• Education publishing holds steady and, in some segments, shows solid growth Professional and Scholarly publishing shows gains