I’ve chronicled the good tidings for college textbook publishers on this blog over the last year or so, and we have continued reason to stay joyous. Courtesy of the Association of American Publishers, here’s the latest data for May 2010 higher education sales in the United States:
Higher Education publishing sales increased 6.3 percent for the month ($160.0 million) and increased 21.4 percent for the year. Finally, the K-12 El-Hi (elementary/high school) category posted total net sales of $267.3 million, down 0.4 percent on the prior year, in May, and year-to-date sales of $756.6 million, a 5.3 percent increase on 2009.
So we know that textbook publishing is flourishing. And as I wrote last week, now is the time to get assignments to create college textbook supplements and ancillaries.
