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  1. Quantity of Books Sold & Value of U.S. Domestic Consumer Expenditures  By Type of Publication & Market Area:1975-1987 Type of Publication &                                          1987,     Market Area                1975    1980    1985    1986    prel. 
  2.  
  3.    Units Sold (mil.)
  4.  
  5.   Total(1)                    1,541   1,856   2,044   2,071   2,122
  6.  
  7. Hardbound, total                526     689     831     851     884
  8. Softbound, total              1,015   1,167   1,213   1,221   1,238
  9.  
  10. Trade                           272     487     666     702     737
  11.   Adult                         182     369     455     465     486
  12.   Juvenile                       90     118     210     237     251
  13. Religious                        96     152     144     142     130
  14. Professional                     51     103     140     156     165
  15. Bookclubs                       195     127     107     103     104
  16. Elhi text                       257     217     238     231     210
  17. College text                     84     118     110     108     113
  18. Mail Order Publications          85     145     111     111     115
  19. Mass Market Paperbacks          491     495     519     509     540
  20.  
  21. General retailers               595     841   1,023   1,051   1,101
  22. College stores                  195     242     258     257     265
  23. Libraries and institutions       73      93      94      98      99
  24. Schools                         309     271     270     264     245
  25. Direct to consumers             286     328     285     282     290
  26. Other                            83      80     115     118     121
  27.  
  28.    Consumer Expenditures
  29.        (mil. dol.)
  30.  
  31.   Total(1)                    4,969   8,854  14,072  15,052  16,653
  32.  
  33. Hardbound, total              3,276   5,731   8,924   9,596  10,609
  34. Softbound, total              1,693   3,123   5,148   5,456   6,044
  35.  
  36. Trade                         1,092   2,349   4,488   4,936   5,810
  37.   Adult                         866   1,954   3,669   3,979   4,670
  38.   Juvenile                      226     395     818     958   1,140
  39. Religious                       358     687   1,130   1,177   1,242
  40. Professional                    590   1,453   2,415   2,705   2,910
  41. Bookclubs                       336     473     544     557     627
  42. Elhi text                       683     880   1,420   1,522   1,621
  43. College text                    635   1,138   1,707   1,803   1,952
  44. Mail order publications         321     592     597     599     606
  45. Mass market paperbacks          651     987   1,479   1,458   1,580
  46.  
  47. General retailers             1,565   3,341   6,159   6,636   7,543
  48. College stores                  895   1,603   2,615   2,769   3,026
  49. Libraries and institutions      452     846   1,227   1,338   1,453
  50. Schools                         845   1,176   1,709   1,829   1,956
  51. Direct to consumers           1,118   1,764   2,113   2,211   2,373
  52. Other                            94     124     249     269     302
  53.  
  54.  
  55. 1. Types of publications include university publications and 
  56.    subscription reference works, not shown separately.
  57.  
  58. Source:Book Industry Study Group, Inc., New York, NY., "Book Industry
  59.        Trends."
  60.