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In 2018, two firms in
Spain ranked among the world's biggest
publishers of books in terms of revenue:
Grupo Planeta and
Grupo Santillana .
[1]
[nb 1] In 2013, there were 524,213 titles
in print in Spain, including 76,434 new titles.
[4]
History
"The first Spanish
press was set up in 1473 at
Valencia , where the German trading company of Ravensburg had an important base.... Publishing flourished in the early period at
Barcelona ,
Burgos ,
Zaragoza ,
Seville , and the university towns of
Salamanca and
Alcalá de Henares ."
[5] The Instituto Nacional del Libro Español (National Book Institute) formed in 1941.
[6] As of 2004 Spain had some 2,000+ book publishers in the private sector, including
Prensa Española [
es ] , and
Prisa . As of 2013 there were 809 publishing enterprises.
The
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization designated
Madrid the 2001
World Book Capital .
Booksellers
Fairs
Collections
See also
Notes
^ The same two also topped the list in 2016 in 2017.
[2]
[3]
References
^
"The World's 54 Largest Publishers, 2018" ,
Publishers Weekly , vol. 265, no. 38, US, 14 September 2018
^
"World's 52 Largest Book Publishers, 2016" , Publishers Weekly , US, 26 August 2016
^
"World's 54 Largest Publishers, 2017" , Publishers Weekly , US, 25 August 2017
^ Federación de Gremios de Editores de España (2014),
"Spanish book market data" (PDF) , IPA Country Report ,
International Publishers Association
^
"History of Publishing" .
Britannica.com . Retrieved 20 November 2017 .
^
"Instituto Nacional del Libro Español" . Datos.bne.es (in Spanish).
Biblioteca Nacional de España . Retrieved 20 November 2017 .
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OCLC
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Internet Archive . {{
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