PUBLISHING AND BOOK TRADE STATISTICS
UK publishers' revenue 1999
Source: Publishers Association
Books published 2000
|
|
No. paperback titles published 2000 |
Total titles published | |
|
2000 |
1995 | ||
|
Children's books |
5,817 |
10,397 |
7,631 |
|
School text books |
3,522 |
4,640 |
3,462 |
|
Adult fiction |
6,864 |
10,860 |
8,610 |
|
Adult non-fiction |
16,914 |
29,401 |
26,782 |
|
Scientific, technical, medical |
9,308 |
18,153 |
18,016 |
|
Academic/professional books |
16,914 |
42,964 |
32,119 |
|
Total no. of titles published in the UK* |
63,807 |
116,415 |
96,620 |
* Includes new editions of existing titles
Source: The Bookseller
Book sales by destination 1999
|
£ millions sterling |
|
|
Independent schools |
45 |
|
Public libraries |
92 |
|
Student/academic (informal) |
47 |
|
Other state funded education |
180 |
|
Consumers |
2,110 |
|
Higher education libraries |
250 |
|
Business and professional |
400 |
|
Other and under-recording |
45 |
|
Total |
3,169 |
Source: Book Trade Yearbook 2000
Periodical prices
|
|
2000 |
1995 | ||||
|
No. of titles in sample |
Price £ sterling |
% increase over 1999 |
No. of titles in sample |
Price £ |
% increase over 1994 | |
|
Humanities & Social Sciences |
841 |
165.40 |
13.47 |
841 |
94.34 |
6.91 |
|
Medicine |
203 |
396.22 |
14.88 |
203 |
245.55 |
8.73 |
|
Science and Technology |
963 |
671.77 |
8.88 |
963 |
445.05 |
10.56 |
|
Total |
2,007 |
431.71 |
10.13 |
2,007 |
277.91 |
9.93 |
|
Average Great Britain |
818 |
338.24 |
12.56 |
879 |
236.32 |
10.22 |
|
Average USA & Canada |
697 |
434.32 |
13.41 |
698 |
291.06 |
9.45 |
|
Other countries |
492 |
583.43 |
4.75 |
430 |
341.59 |
10.18 |
Source: LA Record
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