Publishing industry sales rose 3.5% in the first two months of 2020 over the same period in 2019, according to data supplied to the AAP by 1,361 publishers for the organization’s StatShot report. The adult trade segment had a 5.3% increase in February, and sales were up 2.9% in the first two months of the year. Digital audio sales drove the sales gains in the first two months of 2020, rising 17.2%. The format accounted for 13% of adult trade sales in the first two months of 2020, up from 12% a year ago. Sales of physical audiobooks were down 35.3% in the first two months of the year and accounted for just 0.4% of segment sales. In the children’s/YA segment, sales were up 6.3% in the first two months of the year, with downloadable audio sales up 14.1%. Board book sales rose 12.3%, and paperback sales increased 9.6%.