PUBLISHING AND BOOK TRADE STATISTICS
UK publishers' revenue 1998
Source: Publishers Association
Books published 1999
|
|
Average price all books 1999 (£ sterling) |
No. paperback titles published 1999 |
Total titles published | |
|
1999 |
1994 | |||
|
Children's books |
6.64 |
5,263 |
9,043 |
7,072 |
|
School text books |
16.83 |
3,338 |
3,963 |
2,752 |
|
Adult fiction |
9.88 |
6,463 |
9,730 |
8,704 |
|
Adult non-fiction |
20.92 |
19,847 |
30,994 |
23,973 |
|
Scientific, technical, medical |
40.23 |
11,524 |
19,569 |
17,498 |
|
Academic/professional books |
32.5 |
19,621 |
35,445 |
29,739 |
|
Total no. of titles published in the UK |
26.08 |
66,056 |
108,744 |
89,738 |
|
(Including new editions of existing titles) |
(22.17) |
(19,877) |
(25,831) |
(21,355) |
Source: The Bookseller
Book sales by destination 1998
|
£ millions sterling |
|
|
Independent schools |
35 |
|
Public libraries |
91 |
|
Student/academic (informal) |
44 |
|
Other state funded education |
165 |
|
Consumers |
1,960 |
|
Higher education libraries |
240 |
|
Business and professional |
375 |
|
Other and under-recording |
150 |
|
Total |
3,060 |
Source: Book Trade Yearbook 1999
Periodical prices
|
|
1999 |
1994 | ||||
|
No. of titles in sample |
Price £ sterling |
% increase over 1998 |
No. of titles in sample |
Price £ |
% increase over 1993 | |
|
Humanities & Social Sciences |
841 |
145.76 |
8.68 |
842 |
88.24 |
17.20 |
|
Medicine |
203 |
344.91 |
6.13 |
203 |
225.84 |
21.81 |
|
Science and Technology |
963 |
616.98 |
10.02 |
962 |
402.55 |
23.50 |
|
Total |
2,007 |
392.01 |
9.45 |
2,007 |
252.81 |
22.39 |
|
Average Great Britain |
879 |
300.49 |
-10.27 |
879 |
214.40 |
12.26 |
|
Average USA & Canada |
698 |
382.96 |
4.41 |
698 |
265.93 |
34.24 |
|
Other countries |
430 |
556.98 |
42.19 |
430 |
310.04 |
22.96 |
Source: The Bookseller
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