RELIGIOUS BOOK SALES UP

Religious book sales were up according to the latest monthly figures available from the Association of American Publishers (AAP), with a strong ending for 2011. Sales were reported to the AAP by 77 publishers, including 22 religion publishers.

Religious book sales were up 3.1% in December net sales over the same month the previous year, to $52.4 million, and up more than 8% for the year over 2010 to $645.1 million.