Source: Publishers Association
|
|
Average price all books 1996 (£ sterling) |
No. paperback titles published 1996 |
Total titles published | |
|
1996 |
1991 | |||
|
Children's books |
5.62 |
4,548 |
8,012 |
6,170 |
|
School text books |
16.71 |
2,780 |
3,645 |
2,871 |
|
Adult fiction |
9.47 |
5,717 |
8,155 |
7,867 |
|
Adult non-fiction |
19.68 |
18,286 |
28,091 |
17,925 |
|
Scientific, technical, medical |
42.33 |
9,749 |
18,461 |
12,906 |
|
Academic/professional books |
29.73 |
19,450 |
34738 |
20,609 |
|
Total no. of titles published in the UK |
25.14 |
60,530 |
102,102 |
68,348 |
|
(Including new editions of existing titles) |
(22.43) |
(16,951) |
(23,287) |
(20,496) |
Source: The Bookseller
UK publishers' output (including exports) 1995
CD-ROM amd multimedia CD publishers by major country of origin
Source: CD-ROM facts and figures 1996
Average periodical prices
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|
1996 |
1991 | |||||
|
No. of titles |
Price £ sterling |
% increase over 1995 |
No. of titles |
Price £ |
% increase over 1990 | ||
|
Humanities & Social Sciences |
841 |
104.81 |
11.08 |
842 |
61.91 |
7.06 | |
|
Medicine |
203 |
276.23 |
12.29 |
203 |
150.58 |
8.20 | |
|
Science and Technology |
963 |
499.37 |
13.53 |
962 |
262.89 |
8.46 | |
|
Average Great Britain |
879 |
264.21 |
11.67 |
879 |
151.62 |
18.34 | |
|
Average USA & Canada |
698 |
320.35 |
12.82 |
698 |
166.39 |
-1.91 | |
Periodicals circulation
|
|
No. of titles |
No. of copies (millions) | |
|
Business and professional magazines (1995) |
4,377 |
1,280 | |
|
Consumer magazines (1995) |
2,164 |
250 | |
|
Periodicals (1996) |
165,000 |
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Highest value consumer magazine markets - revenue 1995
1997 L.I.S.T. online
Contributors and related
publications
1997 L.I.S.T. online
Index