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April 29, 2008
Spanish publishing statistics 2007
The National Statistics Institute (INE) has published data for the year 2007 on publishing in Spain. The press release issued by the INE stresses that the total number of copies published was 226.9 million, a decrease of 11.3% over the previous year. Another highlight is that the number of titles published increased by 10.0% in 2007 to reach 72,914 books and pamphlets, which represents the highest figure in recent years. This figure includes mainly first editions (68,439 titles), as well as reissues (4,475 titles). The INE reported that, by category of items, more than a quarter of the titles published belonged to literature, history and literary criticism. The data are surprised that the continued rise of editing textbooks, which grew by 7.0%, by contrast, the publication of books for children decreased by 2.6%. Public institutions are responsible for 13.4% of the titles published. The INE allows online consultation on the detailed statistics of the Spanish edition since 1999.
---> Automatically translated text by Google Translate. Version without links. See the original post in Spanish in Biblioblog.
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Published: April 29, 2008
Category: Book and publishing Statistics
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