Sales/licensing revenue in trade and educational publishing worldwide 2020
Book publishing market revenue from sales and licensing for the trade and educational sectors amounted to 23.6 billion U.S. dollars in the United States in 2020, placing the U.S. at the top of the ranking in this regard. Japan and Germany followed with over 10 billion U.S. dollars in revenue each, followed by the United Kingdom which generated 4.75 billion USD in revenue from sales and licensing in these sectors.