The Nielsen /
AAP numbers are fine if you're looking at them as representative of bricks - and - mortar bookstore sales and traditional publishing sales.
While
the AAP numbers are fine as far as they go, they don't measure self - publishing's ebook output; and, perforce, they're US numbers only, not taking into account the international picture.
Jeez, I don't know how many times I have to say this but:
the AAP numbers only measure reporting publishers.
Even
the AAP numbers seriously underestimate the contribution of ebooks, because they don't include the fast - growing, self - published ebook phenomenon.
The AAP numbers also don't tell the whole story.
Not exact matches
The
numbers underscore why major health industry trade groups like the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Academy of Pediatrics (
AAP), the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Psychiatric Association, and others have all endorsed legislative reforms they believe can help turn the tide against gun violence.
«The reason I was screaming the house down with Ante is that
number one: he's been outstanding and,
number two: Ange said he was going to pick players on form and he hasn't done that with Ante,» Bosnich was quoted as saying by
AAP.
My critical appraisal of the Wax (2010) can be found in an earlier post; however, the
AAP not only cites Wax, but a
number of other studies that support the claim that neonates have significantly increased mortality rates when born outside the hospital.
The risk of SIDS is actually very small for the average baby (about one in almost 2,000) and getting smaller — especially thanks to the American Academy of Pediatrics» (
AAP) «Back to Sleep» campaign, which has helped reduce the
number of SIDS deaths by half since it was initiated in the early 1990s.
Baby
Number Three is the final chapter and this is my last chance to show the
AAP once and for all that I can run with the big dogs.
In a study that looked at different types of sleeping training, the American Academy of Pediatrics (
AAP) calls this method of sleep training graduated extinction, which refers to a «graduation» in the
number of times a parent lets their baby cry before going in to soothe them.
While some 70 percent of American women breastfeed initially, by six months the
number is down to 33 percent, according to
AAP research.
She should correctly name some colors and may even know a few
numbers, according to the Amercian Academy of Pediatrics (
AAP).
With the goal of continuing to reduce the
number of SIDS deaths, the
AAP published its latest policy statement on SIDS in November 2005 (visit
aap.org to view the statement in its entirety).
Bumpers: Crib bumpers — cushioned padding that attaches to the inside railings of the crib — are sometimes still included in crib bedding sets, but a
number of organizations, including the
AAP, now discourage them as a SIDS hazard for babies.
Having your baby sleep on their back has been shown to reduce the
numbers of deaths from SIDS drastically since the implementation of the Back to Sleep Campaign (now the Safe to Sleep campaign) from the
AAP and partners.
On a side note, in 1999, the
AAP's issued a stern policy on Youth and Trampolines for parents, parks and schools after a high
number of injuries and six deaths over a 9 year period.
However, because of ongoing concerns that a high
number and proportion of boys» ice hockey injuries are attributable to body checking, the
AAP has elected to reassess its 2000 recommendation that «body checking should not be allowed in youth hockey for children age 15 years or younger.»
The
number one reason why you need a bassinet is due to
AAP regulations.
While these publications contain helpful articles, a new study found a surprising
number of advertisements appearing in the nation's top magazines for parents showed images or products that contradicted health and safety recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (
AAP).
The average five - year - old, says the
AAP, can learn to «identify some letters of the alphabet and a few
numbers.»
That amount was spread over 2.71 billion units, according to the
AAP's
numbers.
The
AAP released its latest sales
numbers, for January through December 2015.
Second, just today the
numbers came out for September book sales (put out by the
AAP (Association of American Publishers)-RRB-.
AAP does not have access to consumer sales
numbers and we agree that such reporting from retailers, produced on a consistent basis, would be valuable to many segments of the industry.
Over the course of 2014, 30 % of all e-books being purchased in the U.S. do not use ISBN
numbers and are basically invisible to the industry's official market surveys and reports; all the ISBN - based estimates of market share reported by Bowker,
AAP, BISG, and Nielsen are totally incorrect.
Andi Sporkin, spokeswoman for the
AAP, told CNN that the findings don't account for every book sold as some publishers may choose to not submit their
numbers.
In it, we went over some of the reactions to the American Association of Publishers» (
AAP) recent
numbers (based on the input of some 1,200 publishers), indicating that, as Michael Cader wrote at Publishers Lunch, «ebook sales by established trade publishers are in decline.»
That [the
AAP release of
numbers for this year] does not mean ebooks have declined in significance to the trade.
In addition to our award programs,
AAP sponsors a
number of charitable activities throughout the year.
In fact, the organizations disseminating these statistics (the
AAP, BISG, Nielsen, Bowker) explicitly state that they can not track self - published books which do not use ISBNs, and that the self - published segment of the market might be underrepresented in their
numbers.
The closest thing to an industry
number on US sales is the
AAP's data.
If we accept the
AAP's 2014 trade sale
number of $ 6.5 billion (http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/02/04/
aap-reports-trade-revenues-3-7/), Barnes & Noble commanded the largest percentage of those sales.
... we very consciously do not report periodic
numbers from the
AAP, Census Bureau, and IDPF since they are so incomplete (and sometimes inconsistent) as to be more confusing than illuminating.
On the other end of the scale, the
AAP has the data from traditional publishers showing that ebook sales are decreasing, although these
numbers don't include the 30 % of ebooks sold without ISBNs in the US.
The
AAP must have some other figures they don't include in the
numbers above, because they list total Jan 2012 sales at $ 503.5 M and Jan 2011 at $ 396.0 M, a healthy 27.1 % increase from last year.
AAP has released some new
numbers this week that point to the trend we saw in previous findings: that print (paperback and hardcover) and audio sales continue to grow while ebook sales continue to decline.
The
AAP and Nielsen PubTrack, on the other hand, provide aggregate absolute
numbers... but for only one and a half of those sectors (Big 5 + a subset of Small / Medium Publisher).
Numbers for November and December aren't yet published on the AAP site, though today's numbers from the IDPF, which are supplied by the AAP, indicated that e-book sales have accelerated yet again, up 108 percent for No
Numbers for November and December aren't yet published on the
AAP site, though today's
numbers from the IDPF, which are supplied by the AAP, indicated that e-book sales have accelerated yet again, up 108 percent for No
numbers from the IDPF, which are supplied by the
AAP, indicated that e-book sales have accelerated yet again, up 108 percent for November.
What They Left Out The information they don't have comes from sites who do not report e-book sales, and the hundreds of indie publishers, from small press to single authors, who also do not report sales
numbers to the
AAP.