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Publishing production. Titles published. By types of publication. Provinces

Publishing production. Books and pamphlets. Titles and copies published. Provinces 2005
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Titles 16,787 421 337 354 17,899 63,551 28.2
Books 14,221 343 290 296 15,150 53,155 28.5
Booklets 2,566 78 47 58 2,749 10,396 26.4
Copies (Thousands) 98,895 552 411 386 100,244 281,005 35.7
Books 78,143 399 365 327 79,234 237,427 33.4
Booklets 20,752 153 46 59 21,010 43,578 48.2
Source: INE.
Note: Does not include publications for advertising purposes, of an ephemeral nature, musical work or cartography.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

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.