PUBLISHING AND BOOK TRADE STATISTICS

UK publishers' revenue 1996

Source: Publishers Association

Books published

	Average price all books 1997 (£ sterling)	No. paperback titles published 1997	Total titles published
			1997	1992
Children's books	5.87	4,564	8,049	6,927
School text books	18.14	2,319	3,022	2,351
Adult fiction	9.91	5,624	8,869	8,037
Adult non-fiction	19.35	17,960	27,654	20,615
Scientific, technical, medical	40.64	9,419	17,159	15,153
Academic/professional books	31.54	18,890	33,724	25,681
Total no. of titles published in the UK	25.25	58,776	98,477	78,764
(Including new editions of existing titles)	(23.78)	(17,478)	(23,258)	(19,630)

Source: The Bookseller

Book sales by destination 1996

£ millions sterling
Consumers	1,590
Public libraries	110
Higher education libraries	45
Other state funded education	160
Independent schools	30
Student/academic (informal)	310
Business and professional	320
Other and under-recording	136
Total	2,701

Source: Book Trade Yearbook 1997

Average periodical prices and circulation

	1997			1992
	No. of titles in sample	Price £ sterling	% increase over 1996	No. of titles in sample	Price £	% increase over 1991
Humanities & Social Sciences	841	112.33	7.36	842	70.88	14.50
Medicine	203	306.58	10.67	203	175.46	16.52
Science and Technology	963	546.49	9.27	962	301.57	14.71
Total	2,007	340.30	9.12	2,007	192.03	14.85
Average Great Britain	879	295.28	11.62	879	173.35	14.33
Average USA & Canada	698	345.73	7.89	698	198.30	19.18
Other countries	430	423.49	7.33	430	220.04	9.80
No. of titles
All periodicals (1997)	165,000
Business and professional magazines (1996)	5,261
Consumer magazines (1996)	2,672

Source: The Bookseller

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