We just received the following data from the BNP Paribas professional publishing research division..
Which contains an interesting snippet that they’ve culled from the The American Association of Publishers October report
It simply says…
* Professional books were down 4.4% in October and -1.1% year to October.In Europe, Reed Elsevier, Informa, and Pearson are exposed to US professional books.
The full report can be read here:
http://www.publishers.org/main/PressCenter/Archicves/2008_December/StatsOct08.htm
Down 4.4% in one month and that was October .
