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

Publishing production. Books and pamphlets. Titles and copies published. Provinces 2007
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Titles 17,388 511 302 369 18,570 72,914 25.5
Books 15,186 428 262 308 16,184 63,397 25.5
Booklets 2,202 83 40 61 2,386 9,517 25.1
Copies (Thousands) 79,263 742 519 492 81,016 226,871 35.7
Books 70,340 608 375 397 71,720 192,440 37.3
Booklets 8,923 134 144 95 9,296 34,431 27.0
Source: INE.
Note: Does not include publications for advertising purposes, of an ephemeral nature, musical work or cartography.

Last update: July 15, 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.