International Standard Book Number (ISBN) Statistics, 2018
In 2018, 61 thousand 265 books were publishedIn 2018, total number of published materials was 67 thousand 135 with an increase of 11.3% as compared with 2017. In 2018, 67 thousand 135 ISBN were given for 61 thousand 265 books, 391 electronic books (DVD, VCD, CD), 5 thousand 177 electronic books (web based), 28 talking books (cassette, CD, DVD) and 274 other materials.
Number of publications by type and topic of material, 2017-2018
The 91.8% of publications were published by the private sector
In 2018, materials that were published by the private sector were 61 thousand 607 with an increase of 10.7% compared to 2017. The distribution of published materials by publisher type was respectively 91.8% published by private sector, 5.8% by public and educational institutions and 2.5% by non-governmental organizations in 2018.
The 32.2% of publications were published on educational issues
The 32.2% of the materials published in 2018 was on education, 17.4% was on adult culture, 16% was academic, 15.8% was on adult fiction, 13.9% was on children and adolescence, 4.7% on religion. For the language of published material, 92.1% was Turkish, 4.7% was English and 3.2% was of other languages.
The highest increase was in academic publications with 32%
In 2018, the number of academic publications was 10 thousand 751 with an increase of 32% and educational publications was 21 thousand 628 with an increase of 26.1% as compared with 2017.
Number of book banderol sold was increased by 0.7%
In 2018, the number of book banderol sold was 410 million 641 thousand 305 with an increase of 0.7% as compared with 2017.
The next release on this subject will be on April, 2020.
Source: TÜİK
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