PUBLISHING AND BOOK TRADE STATISTICS
Book Prices - 2000 and 2001
Average price paid
|
|
Quarterly average (£) |
Annual average (£) |
Annual change |
|
2000 |
Q1 | 6.97 |
7.43 |
|
|
Q2 | 6.93 |
|
|
|
Q3 | 7.12 |
|
|
|
Q4 | 8.30 |
|
|
| 2001 | Q1 | 6.95 |
7.48 |
0.70% |
|
Q2 | 7.23 |
|
|
|
Q3 | 7.15 |
|
|
|
Q4 | 8.25 |
|
|
Source: The Bookseller
UK Publishing of Books 2001
|
Value (£m) |
Volume (£m) |
|
Reference |
550 |
87.6 |
| General non-fiction | 800 |
203.4 |
| Social science and humanities | 295 |
39.8 |
| Science, Medicine & Technology | 216 |
14.8 |
| School & Academic | 319 |
80.6 |
| Maps & Atlases | 28 |
10.6 |
| Music | 47 |
13.7 |
| Fiction | 456 |
146.7 |
| Children's books | 277 |
162.9 |
| Single sheets | 165 |
231.7 |
| Total printed sales | 3,153 |
991.8 |
of which, exports |
35% |
|
Source: Office for National Statistics, Product Sales & Trade, PRA 22110: Publishing of books
Books published 2001
|
|
Total titles published | |
|
2001 |
1996 | |
|
Children's books |
10,784 |
8,012 |
|
School text books |
3,808 |
3,645 |
|
Adult fiction |
13,076 |
9,155 |
|
Adult non-fiction |
29,699 |
28,091 |
|
Scientific, technical, medical |
18,277 |
18,461 |
|
Academic/professional books |
43,357 |
34,738 |
|
Total no. of titles published in the UK* |
119,001 |
102,102 |
* Includes new editions of existing titles
Source: The Bookseller
Periodical prices
| Average prices |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Price £ |
% increase over 2000 |
Price £ |
% increase over 1999 |
Price £ |
% increase over 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Social Sciences |
266.96 |
9.2 |
244.46 |
10.9 |
220.39 |
4.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Science |
614.55 |
0.3 |
612.48 |
10.0 |
556.91 |
16.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Medicine |
349.55 |
4.5 |
334.40 |
9.3 |
305.81 |
14.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Technology |
357.03 |
8.1 |
330.43 |
10.6 |
298.70 |
13.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Humanities |
64.74 |
8.4 |
59.71 |
1.2 |
58.99 |
12.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Average all subjects (local domestic price only)
| Great Britain
| 322.74
| 4.2
| 309.59
| 10.1
| 281.24
| 11.5
| USA ($)
| 635.09
| 4.1
| 609.98
| 3.0
| 592.39
| 16.4
| Netherlands (Guilder)
| 2,102.63
| -5.2
| 2,218.27
| 14.5
| 1,937.48
| 11.5
| Germany (Deutschmark)
| 657.88
| 14.1
| 576.69
| 19.3
| 438.48
| 12.5
| Switzerland (Francs)
| 568.43
| 1.6
| 559.34
| 46.2
| 382.64
| -2.1
| France (Francs)
| 1,019.98
| 7.8
| 946.32
| 4.1
| 909.34
| -0.1 | ||||||
Source: LA Record and Swets Blackwell
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