V-28b: Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore Sales in Billions of Inflation-Adjusted Dollars and as a Share of All Retail Sales, 1992–2018
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey, “Time Series/Trend Charts,” https://www.census.gov/econ/currentdata/db search?program=MRTSstartYear=1992endYear=2019categories=451211data Type=SMgeoLevel=USnotAdjusted=1submit=GET+DATAreleaseScheduleId=, accessed April 24, 2019). Data analyzed and presented by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators (www.humanitiesindicators.org).
Information about the methodology of the Census Bureau’s Monthly Retail Trade Survey can be found at https://www.census.gov/retail/mrts/how_surveys_are_ collected.html.