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Publishing production. Titles published. By languages

Publishing production. Titles published. By languages 2015
Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Català 4,971 6,182 80.4
Valencià 102 873 11.7
Castellà 11,082 46,088 24.0
Gallec 93 1,120 8.3
Euskera 55 876 6.3
Alemany 29 84 34.5
Francès 221 387 57.1
Anglès 360 1,821 19.8
Italià 43 94 45.7
Portuguès 74 135 54.8
Altres 805 3,348 24.0
Total 17,835 61,008 29.2
Units: Number of titles.
Source: INE.
Note: As of 2015, the autonomous community of publication is considered to be the autonomous community where the publishing house holds its head office.

Last update: December 14, 2016.

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.