Publishing revenues in the United States rose by 11% in June 2026, reaching $936.3 million, according to the StatShot report from the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Trade books, which are books intended for the general public, saw a 12.1% increase in revenue. Over six months, the combined growth across all sectors was 3.9%, with print formats showing significant growth. In June, the paperback format rose 18.2%, to $292.2 million, and the hardcover by 14.5%, to $243.6 million. These formats accounted for 70% of the revenues for the Trade segment in June. The « mass market », a format of widely distributed paperback specific to the American market, rebounded 20.2%, but on a now minimal base: $4.9 million. Special bindings, which are unique or decorative editions, declined 4.6%, to $17 million. On the digital side, the ebook declined 0.3%, to $86.4 million, while the audio digital format gained 3.9%, to $97.4 million. The physical audio, such as CDs, with $500,000, declined 30.1%. In June, printed formats remained significantly ahead in the Trade. Over the half-year, the paperback confirmed its advantage: +8.5%, to $1.7 billion, while the hardcover slightly declined 0.8%, to $1.5 billion. The gap was even more pronounced between the two main digital formats. The ebooks decreased 3%, to $516.1 million, while the digital audiobooks advanced 12.6%, to $597.8 million. In total, Trade revenues increased 3.8%, to $4.6 billion. The StatShot measures declared net revenues by publishers, not the number of books purchased. In the first 26 weeks of 2026, a period completed on 4 July, sales in volume declined 0.3%. Behind this near-stability, adult fiction advanced 5.7%, while adult non-fiction declined 5.8%. The two indicators do not contradict each other: they measure different things and cover different scopes. Other branches of the American publishing industry show a more varied picture. Religious publishers advanced 4.8% in June, to $62.5 million, and 1.6% since January. Professional and scholarly publishing, excluding journals, declined 3.4% on the month, to $32.4 million, while remaining positive over six months (+1.7%). Educational resources — a category that since 2026 includes PreK-12 materials and those of higher education — advanced 4.4% in June, to $123.5 million, and 3.4% since the start of the year. At comparable perimeter, the June signal remains clear: after +0.9% in the first quarter, the cumulative revenues of publishers tracked by the AAP now show +3.9% at mid-year. For the Trade, the movement is almost identical, at +3.8% — with the paperback, for now, doing more than holding its ground. In the United Kingdom, printed books have already crossed the billion pounds threshold by 15 August, generating £1.003 billion in the NielsenIQ BookScan perimeter, an increase of 2.3% year-on-year. In Quebec, sales of Quebec fiction observed by Gaspard in independent bookstores reached 14.5 times the level of a reference Wednesday in August. In Argentina, bookstores are in "emergency" after a 41.5% drop in turnover between the first eight months of 2023 and the same period in 2026. In Russia, up to 70% of municipal funds could leave the general access if a recent practice of control were generalized. In Japan, the Ministry of Economy (METI) sets a target of 1,000 billion yen in international sales for the manga sector by 2033. Other developments include the judicial restructuring of the Maury Printer Group, which puts 680 jobs at stake, and the acquisition of the Le Passage editions by the Glénat group. In France, the publisher Simon Stream begins to fill its shelves, offering 50% of the revenues to self-publishing authors. The Del Duca Prize for youth was awarded to the association Dulala for its multilingual Kamishibaï contest project, with a grant of 50,000 €. In Brazil, the publisher WMF Martins Fontes will cease to supply Amazon in the coming months. In the United States, the net revenues declared by publishers reached $1 billion in July 2026, a 14% increase compared to the same period a year earlier. In the United Kingdom, the number of copies sold continues to decline slightly despite the increase in revenue. In the United States, the debate on the price and conditions of licenses granted to institutions is accompanied by regression tables. In France, the editions Le Passage pass under the Glénat flag. In the United States, the StatShot measures declared net revenues by publishers, not the number of books purchased.