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The UK Book Publishing Industry in Statistics 2012 1 UK publishers total sales of digital and physical books The invoiced value of UK publisher sales of books rose 4% in 2012 to 3.3bn with a 66% increase in digital sales offsetting a 1% decrease in physical book sales. Digital sales now represent 12% of UK publishers total digital and physical book sales.

Source: PA Statistics Yearbook 2012, The Publishers Association 2013

2 UK publishers home and export sales of physical books The 1% decrease in the invoiced value of physical book sales in 2012 reflected a 1% decrease in both home and export sales. Volume sales to home market fell by 1%, while volume sales to export markets fell by 3%.

Source: PA Statistics Yearbook 2011, The Publishers Association 2012

2,7002,8002,9003,0003,1003,2003,3003,400

2010 2011 2012Digital 163 247 411Physical 3,115 2,967 2,933

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Home export Home ExportValue sales m Volume sales m

2010 1,861 1254 446 2932011 1,744 1223 423 2782012 1,721 1211 416 270

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3 Home (UK) physical book market The value of the UK physical book market in 2012, at end purchaser prices, is estimated to have been 3.1bn. This was 0.2% higher than in 2011.

2009 2010 2011 2012Value (m) 3,404 3,331 3,123 3,128Source: PA Statistics Yearbook 2011, The Publishers Association 2012

3.1 Consumer expenditure on books According to Bowker Market Researchs Books & Consumers, consumers aged 12-74 bought 344m books in 2011, spending 2.1bn. 2009 2010 2011 2012Value (bn) 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1Volume (m) 330 339 344 269Source: Book s & Consumers, Bowker Market Research 3.2 Total consumer market (TCM) through the retail market According to Nielsen Book, the TCM value sales of physical books through the retail market declined by 4.6% to 1.5bn in 2012, while volume sales fell by 3.4% to 202m.

Source: The Bookseller/ Nielsen Book, www.nielsen.com

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2010 2011 2012

1,696 1,588 1,514

226 209 202

Value (m) Volume (m)

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3.3 Library expenditure on books The following table provides expenditure on physical books by the British Library, public libraries, university and higher education college libraries and the school library service (although the there is no update for the latter). Unfortunately there are no statistics for specialist libraries (i.e. libraries in commercial/industrial or non-commercial organisations) and no up to date figures on school library service.

Year 2008/09m

2009/10m

2010/11 m

British Library 3.3 2.8 2.0 Public libraries 89 85 77 University & HE college libraries 48.8 46.8 46.6 Source: LISU, British Library, and Sconul 4 Number of book publishers

4.1 Number of ISBN registrations 3,657 UK publishers registering for their first ISBN prefix rose in 2012. 2009 2010 2011 2012Number of ISBN Registrations 3,007 3,151 3,412 3,657Source: Nielsen Book 2010 (www.nielsen.com) 4.2 VAT-based book publishers by turnover bands and employment size There were 2,115 book publishers registered for VAT as at 1 March 2012, according to the Office for National Statistics. 1 845 of the publishers had revenues of less than 1m, while 95 had turnover of over 5m. 1,580 had four or fewer employees and just 15 had more than 250.

Turnover Size (thousand)

2011/12 Employment Size 2011/12

0-49 725 0-4 1,580 50-99 360 5-6 255 100-249 415 10-19 140 250-499 195 20-49 80 500-999 150 50-99 25 1,000-4,999 175 100-249 20 5,000 + 95 250+ 15 2,115 2,115

Source: UK Business: Activity, Size & Location 2012, Office for National Statistics, (www.ons.gov.uk)

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5 Book production 5.1 The number of titles Nielsen Book recorded the total number of new and revised titles as being published in the UK as 170,267 in 2012, down from 189,979 in 2011. 2009 2010 2011 2012Number of titles 157,039 151,969 189,979 170,267NB: Nielsen Bookdata have revised the 2011 figure of 149,800 reported in their press release of 27 February 2012, as publishers and other data suppliers add data retrospectively. Source: Nielsen Book (www.nielsen.com) 5.2 Most widely used formats Paperbacks are still the most widely used formats, while ebooks for the period 2010-2012 is as follows: 2010 2011 2012

Paperbacks 79,087 71,000 74,829 Hardbacks 30,175 28,000 26,732 ebooks 28,963 35,000 57,999 Other formats (cloth, audiobooks CDs/tapes)

13,734 15,800 10,707

Total 151,959 149,800 170,267 NB: Breakdown for 2011 still reflects the most widely used formats reported in the Nielsen Bookdata press release of 27 February 2012, as the formats for the revised figure are not yet available. Source: Nielsen Bookdata 5.3 Translated literature in the UK and Ireland According to, the number of translated titles in the UK and Ireland increased from 1,721 in 2000 to 2,207 in 2008. Year All publications All

translations All poetry , fiction, and drama

Number of translated poetry, fiction and drama

2000 77,694 1,721 12,109 5292005 75,925 2,014 13,412 6052008 90,761 2,207 16,402 753Source: Publishing Data and Statistics on Translated Literature in the United Kingdom and Ireland, LAF Publications, March 2012.

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6 Number of booksellers 6.1 Booksellers in membership of the Booksellers Association The Bookseller Association of Great Britain and Ireland, which represents 95% of booksellers in the UK and Ireland, had 3,655 members at the end of December 2011, 1,094 of these were independents. . Total no. of BA members No of independents in BA membership 2006 4,495 1,483 2009 3,683 1,099 2011 3,655 1,094 Source: Booksellers Association (www.booksellers.org.uk) 6.2 Number of VAT-based booksellers There were 1,030 booksellers registered for VAT at 1 March 2012. Of these, 980 has turnover of less than 1m, while 15 had turnover of over 5m. 720 had four or fewer employees, while just 5 had more than 250. Turnover Size (thousand)

2011/12 Employment Size 2011/12

0-49 215 0-4 72050-99 235 5-6 205100-249 295 10-19 60250-499 160 20-49 25500-999 75 50-99 101,000-4,999 35 100-249 55,000 + 15 250+ 5Total 1,030 Total 1,030

Source: UK Business: Activity, Size & Location 2012, Office for National Statistics, (www.ons.gov.uk)