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Publishing production. Titles published. By languages

Publishing production. Books and booklets. Titles and copies published. By languages Catalonia Copies (2)
Catalan Spanish Others (1) Total % Catalan/total
2011 9,849 78,045 11,934 99,828 9.9
2010 12,731 105,530 13,864 132,126 9.6
2009 17,542 148,031 18,293 183,866 9.5
2008 23,438 204,760 27,315 255,513 9.2
2007 18,311 188,073 20,487 226,871 8.1
2006 19,758 213,154 22,809 255,721 7.7
2005 18,783 238,053 24,169 281,005 6.7
2004 15,006 174,458 24,094 213,558 7.0
2003 19,035 196,684 23,028 238,747 8.0
2002 17,202 187,748 23,640 228,590 7.5
2001 15,487 184,132 18,961 218,580 7.1
2000 17,969 196,006 19,182 233,157 7.7
1999 18,818 203,442 17,277 239,537 7.9
1998 20,173 200,194 16,443 236,810 8.5
Source:
1998-1999: INE. Estadística de la producción editorial de libros. Anual.
2000-2011: INE.
Notes:
(1) Basque, Galician, French, English, etc.
In thousands.

Last update: March 27, 2012.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

The statistics on Book publishing production statistic produced by the Spanish Ministry of Culture together with INE covers the non-periodical print publications published in Spain and made available to the public, except for the following publications:

  • Published with advertising purposes, catalogues, brochures, etc.
  • Publications ephemerality: schedules, rates, show guides, statutes, etc.
  • Musical works (sheet music) and the cartographic production, except atlases.

The units of analysis are books and booklets.

With the entry into force of Law 23/2011 of 29 July on Legal Deposit, a change of adaptation for the publications is introduced, which is based on the new role that is attributed to the editor.

The presence of the editor as principal applicant subject (not the printer as before the Act).

This implies a change in the field of statistics going exclusively to publications published in Spain regardless of where they were printed (in previous research focused on the set of printed publications in Spain even coming from foreign publishers).

In 2012, due to adaptation to the methodological changes of the statistics, information about reprints, copies, and consequently, medium production volumes is not included.

The variable "Others" includes titles published in two or more languages/dialects from Spain, as well as in other foreign languages.