Pyramid editor Leslie Schwartz indicates one reason for the vast volume of
religious paperback sales: «Rather than [in] a specifically religious bookstore, these books are sold in very open, public places.
The AAP is beefing up its monthly reports with data from many more publishers — 1,149 for January 2012 compared to under 100 in past months — and more detailed reporting on specific genres: Children's / young adult e-book
sales are now broken out and
religious book
sales are divided by hardcover,
paperback and e-books.