The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released its StatShot report for April 2022 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Higher Education Course Materials, and Professional Publishing. The report does not include Pre-K revenue due to delays in data collection but will be updated as soon as that data becomes available. Total revenues across all categories, excluding PreK-12, for April 2022 were down 12.6% as compared to April 2021, coming in at $788.3 million. Year-to-date revenues were down 2.3%, at $3.8 billion for the first four months of the year. Trade (Consumer Books) sales were down 8.9% in April, coming in at $685.7 million. eBook revenues were down 8.3% for the month as compared to April 2021 for a total of $84.3 million.

Savvas Learning Company announced that K-12 educators are invited to sign up for its newly expanded Science of Reading Digital Bookshelf, which provides free access to dozens of high-quality professional learning resources. Educators can access the Digital Bookshelf whenever and wherever they have an Internet connection, allowing for anytime, anywhere professional learning this summer — at home, at the park, and even at the beach. The Science of Reading Digital Bookshelf contains more than 50 high-quality professional learning resources, including on-demand webinars, ebooks, self-study guides, ready-to-use classroom activity guides, blogs, podcasts, educational videos, and a research brief. The 10 on-demand webinars on the Digital Bookshelf are among Savvas Learning Company's most popular sessions, featuring renowned literacy authors, researchers, and professors exploring the latest research and strategies for the Science of Reading.

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is planning to raise virtually all rates a bit in January, apparently including a one-cent hike of the Forever Stamp, to 50 cents. And it’s also hoping it will soon get the power to implement larger rate hikes. The USPS will raise rates for both market-dominant mail (such as First Class and Marketing Mail) and competitive mail (such as Priority Mail) on Jan. 21, 2018, postal officials told mailing-industry representatives this week. A postal official indicated that rates would rise from 1% to 3% for most market-dominant products, according to attendees at a meeting of the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee. Click Read More below for more of the story.