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Originally Posted by sirbruce

http://www.publishersweekly.com/arti...dustryid=47152



That's dollar volume, though; unit sales are declining more. And of course that's not inflation-adjusted.

... based on figures from 13 reporting companies and showed a 21% decline in 2008, due in part to the big sales of the audio version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2007.
The AAP estimates that industry sales grew at a 1.6% compound annual growth rate in the 2002–2008 period. During that span, the mass market paperback and the book club/mail order segments were the only ones to have a drop in sales.

Also, there's a recession going on. But yes, I blame piracy too.