Religious Book sales continued to grow strongly in 2006, according to the Book Industry Trends 2007, a comprehensive view of U.S. book publishing dollar and unit sales.

With an increase of 5.6% in net revenue, the religion segment showed the highest growth in dollar sales. The Adult Trade category came second, with revenue growth of 3.9%, followed by Professional at 3.2% and College at 3.1%.

Presenting a familiar pattern, growth in unit sales lagged behind growth in dollars. Religious Books also led all categories in unit sales, with a rise of 3.1%, followed by Adult Trade (up 1.7%), Professional (up .7%) and College (up .6%).

Released by the Book Industry Study Group, the Book Industry Trends 2007 estimates that total publishers' net revenues in 2006 reached $35.6 billion, up 3.2% over 2005's figures and unit sales in 2006 exceeded 3.1 billion.

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