PUBLISHING AND BOOK TRADE STATISTICS
Book Prices - 2000-2003
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% |
2003 |
7.40 |
1.40% |
131.2 |
1.70% |
Source: The Bookseller
|
Value (£m) |
Volume (£m) |
|
Reference |
501 |
91.6 |
| General non-fiction | 678 |
169.1 |
| Social Science and Humanities | 156 |
19.3 |
| Science, Medicine & Technology | 185 |
17.7 |
| School & Academic | 349 |
109.4 |
| Maps & Atlases | 23 |
7.5 |
| Fiction | 468 |
143.9 |
| Children's books | 237 |
132.7 |
| Single sheets | 195 |
253.7 |
| Total printed sales | 3,054 |
944.9 |
of which, exports |
43% |
|
Source: Office for National Statistics, Product Sales & Trade, PRA 22110: Publishing of books
| Average prices |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
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|
Price £ |
% increase over 2002 |
Price £ |
% increase over 2001 |
Price £ |
% increase over 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Social Sciences |
420.84 |
29.9 |
324.09 |
21.4 |
266.96 |
9.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Science |
629.98 |
-2.2 |
644.45 |
4.9 |
614.55 |
0.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Medicine |
367.49 |
-2.4 |
376.59 |
7.7 |
349.55 |
4.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Technology |
442.48 |
14.8 |
385.45 |
8.0 |
357.03 |
8.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Humanities |
66.23 |
-6.5 |
70.83 |
9.4 |
64.74 |
8.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Average all subjects (local domestic price only)
| Great Britain (£)
| 397.13
|
11.3
| 356.96
| 10.6
| 322.74
| 4.2
| USA ($)
| 665.80
|
2.1
| 652.28
| 2.7
| 635.09
| 4.1
| Netherlands*
| €1,359.79
|
18.5
| €1,147.93
| 20.3
| €954.13
| -5.2
| Germany*
| €657.08
|
52.9
| €429.85
| 27.8
| €336.37
| 14.1
| Switzerland (Francs)
| 977.37
|
36.9
| 714.06
| 25.6
| 568.43
| 1.6
| France*
| €139.36
|
-11.9
| €158.14
| 1.7
| €155.50
| 7.8 | ||||||
* 2001 average price calculated at rate of exchange fixed at time of joining the Euro
Source: LA Record/Update and Swets Information Services
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