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The US book business faces challenges including AI slop, but print sales and e-book and audiobook revenue were stable in 2025, and 422 stores joined the ABA (New York Times)

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The US book business faces challenges including AI slop, but print sales and e-book and audiobook revenue were stable in 2025, and 422 stores joined the ABA  —  Nonfiction and Y.A. are hurting, but genre fiction and the Good Book are booming.  Here’s how book sales looked in 2025.

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