PUBLISHING AND BOOK TRADE STATISTICS
Book Prices - 2000-2002
Consumer book sales
|
Average price paid (£) |
Change over previous year |
Sales volume (m) |
Change over previous year |
|
2000 |
7.43 |
 |
126.3 |
|
2001 |
7.48 |
0.70% |
126.7 |
0.40% |
2002 |
7.30 |
-2.40% |
129.1 |
1.90% |
Source: The Bookseller
UK Publishing of Books 2002
|
Value (£m) |
Volume (£m) |
|
Reference |
544 |
97.5 |
| General non-fiction | 813 |
221.5 |
| Social Science and Humanities | 182 |
22.7 |
| Science, Medicine & Technology | 211 |
13.4 |
| School & Academic | 328 |
87.8 |
| Maps & Atlases | 28 |
9.3 |
| Music | 53 |
16.1 |
| Fiction | 432 |
136.4 |
| Children's books | 280 |
167.8 |
| Single sheets | 169 |
225.6 |
| Total printed sales | 3,040 |
998.1 |
of which, exports |
35% |
|
Source: Office for National Statistics, Product Sales & Trade, PRA 22110: Publishing of books
Books published 2002
|
|
Total titles published | |
|
2002 |
1997 | |
|
Children's books |
10,519 |
8,049 |
|
School text books |
4,464 |
3,022 |
|
Adult fiction |
11,810 |
8,869 |
|
Adult non-fiction |
32,401 |
27,654 |
|
Scientific, technical, medical |
19,852 |
17,159 |
|
Academic/professional books |
46,344 |
33,724 |
|
Total no. of titles published in the UK* |
125,390 |
98,477 |
* Includes new editions of existing titles
Source: Book Marketing Ltd
Periodical prices
| Average prices |
2002 |
2001 |
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|
Price £ |
% increase over 2001 |
Price £ |
% increase over 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Social Sciences |
324.09 |
21.4 |
266.96 |
9.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Science |
644.45 |
4.9 |
614.55 |
0.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Medicine |
376.59 |
7.7 |
349.55 |
4.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Technology |
385.45 |
8.0 |
357.03 |
8.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Humanities |
70.83 |
9.4 |
64.74 |
8.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Average all subjects (local domestic price only)
| Great Britain
| 356.96
| 10.6
| 322.74
| 4.2
| USA ($)
| 652.28
| 2.7
| 635.09
| 4.1
| Netherlands
| EUR 1,147.93
| -
| NLG 2,102.63
| -5.2
| Germany
| EUR 429.85
| -
| DM 657.88
| 14.1
| Switzerland (Francs)
| 714.06
| 25.6
| 568.43
| 1.6
| France
| EUR 158.14
| -
| FF 1,019.98
| 7.8 | ||||||
Source: Library + Information Update and Swets Blackwell
2003 LIST online: National library statistics
