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Books: United States

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Industry Overview
Industry Size and Trends | Product Segmentation | Printing Technology
Electronic Versus Print Books | Publishing Industry Overview | Retail Overview | Trade

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Industry Forecasts
Market Environment | Product Forecasts

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Books: United States

ABOUT THIS REPORT

Scope & Method

This report forecasts US print book shipments in US dollars at the manufacturers level
to 2017. Total shipments are segmented in terms of book type by:

general trade
textbooks
technical, scientific, and professional
religious
unbound
other books such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, and travel guides.

Total shipments exclude electronic books (or e-books), audio books, magazines,
journals, and books printed in-house by publishing firms. Also excluded are shipments
from establishments that primarily engage in binding and other finishing work.
To illustrate historical trends, total shipments are provided in an annual series from
2002 to 2012; the various segments are reported at five-year intervals for 2007 and
2012. Forecasts emanate from the identification and analysis of pertinent statistical
relationships and other historical trends/events as well as their expected
progression/impact over the forecast period. Changes in quantities between reported
years of a given total or segment are typically provided in terms of five-year compound
annual growth rates (CAGRs). For the sake of brevity, forecasts are generally stated in
smoothed CAGR-based descriptions to the forecast year, such as demand is projected
to rise 3.2% annually through 2017. The result of any particular year over that period,
however, may exhibit volatility and depart from a smoothed, long-term trend, as
historical data typically illustrate.
Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided at five-year intervals with CAGRs for
the years corresponding to other reported figures. Other various topics, including
profiles of pertinent leading suppliers, are covered in this report. A full outline of report
items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Sources
Books: United States represents the synthesis and analysis of data from various
primary, secondary, macroeconomic, and demographic sources including:

firms participating in the industry, and their suppliers and customers

government/public agencies
national, regional, and international non-governmental organizations
trade associations and their publications

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the business and trade press

The Freedonia Group Consensus Forecasts dated August 2013
the findings of other industry studies by The Freedonia Group.

Specific sources and additional resources are listed in the Resources section of this
publication for reference and to facilitate further research.

Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes:
NAICS/SCIAN 2007
North American Industry Classification System

SIC
Standard Industry Codes

323117
424920

2731

451211
511130

Books Printing
Books, Periodical, and Newspaper
Merchant Wholesalers
Book Stores
Book Publishers

2732
5192
5942

Books: Publishing, or Publishing and

Printing (except music books and Internet
book publishing)
Book Printing
Books, Periodicals, and Newspapers
Book Stores

Copyright & Licensing

The full report is protected by copyright laws of the United States of America and
international treaties. The entire contents of the publication are copyrighted by The
Freedonia Group, Inc.

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Table of Contents
Section

Page

Highlights....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Industry Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Industry Size & Trends............................................................................................................................. 2
Chart 1 | United States: Book Shipment Trends, 2002-2012 ............................................................. 2
Product Segmentation ............................................................................................................................. 3
Chart 2 | United States: Book Shipments by Type, 2012 ................................................................... 3
General Trade. .................................................................................................................................... 4
Textbooks. .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Technical, Scientific, & Professional. .................................................................................................. 6
Religious. ............................................................................................................................................ 7
Unbound. ............................................................................................................................................ 7
Other. .................................................................................................................................................. 7
Printing Technology ................................................................................................................................. 9
Electronic Versus Print Books................................................................................................................ 10
Publishing Industry Overview................................................................................................................. 11
Retail Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 12
Table 1 | United States: Selected Best-Selling Books, 2012 ............................................................ 13
Trade ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
Chart 3 | United States: Book Trade (billion dollars) ........................................................................ 14
Industry Forecasts ....................................................................................................................................... 15
Market Environment ............................................................................................................................... 15
Table 2 | United States: Key Indicators for Book Shipments (billion dollars) ................................... 15
Product Forecasts .................................................................................................................................. 16
Table 3 | United States: Book Shipments (million dollars) ............................................................... 16
General Trade. .................................................................................................................................. 16
Textbooks. ........................................................................................................................................ 17
Technical, Scientific, & Professional. ................................................................................................ 17
Religious. .......................................................................................................................................... 18
Unbound. .......................................................................................................................................... 18
Other. ................................................................................................................................................ 19
Industry Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 20
Industry Composition ............................................................................................................................. 20
Industry Leaders .................................................................................................................................... 21
Donnelley (RR) & Sons Company .................................................................................................... 21
Quad/Graphics Incorporated ............................................................................................................ 22
Courier Corporation .......................................................................................................................... 23
Additional Companies Cited................................................................................................................... 24
Resources ................................................................................................................................................... 25
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