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 |
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No. of titles | ||||||
All periodicals (1997) |
165,000 | |||||
Business and professional magazines (1996) |
5,261 | |||||
Consumer magazines (1996) |
2,672 |
Source: The Bookseller
1998 L.I.S.T. online
Contributors and related publications
1998 L.I.S.T. online
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