In 2017 about 85% of the 1,459 active publishers published no more than 50 titles per year; more than half (54.0%) were “small\u201d publishers, producing at most 10 works per year, and 30.9% were \u201cmedium\u201d publishers, producing from 11 to 50 works per year (Table 1). On the contrary, the \u201cbig\u201d publishers, i.e. those with a book production of more than 50 works per year, although representing only 15.1% of the publishing operators, covered more than 80% of production as regards the titles and about 90% with reference to the number of printed copies.<\/p>\n
The Italian publishing sector was strongly polarized also from a geographical point of view: over 50% of active publishers was based in Northern Italy. The cities with the largest number of publishers were Milano and Roma. The city of Milano alone hosted more than a quarter of the \u201cbig\u201d publishers.<\/p>\n
In 2017, the 1,459 active publishers published 70,159 titles and printed more than 161 million of copies; on average, just over 2,000 copies were printed for each published title.<\/p>\n
In 2017 the publishing sector showed a high increase in publishing production: compared to the previous year, the number of titles increased by 9.3% and the number of printed copies increased by 14.5%.<\/p>\n
In 2017, 38.3% of the books published in Italy (about 27,000 titles) were also offered to the public in the e-book format. E-books were mainly available for adventure books and mystery books (for which e-books reach 83.2% of printed works). The digital version was available for more than 70% for the school books.<\/p>\n
As regards the distribution tools, determining factor in the publishing sector, publishers considered the role of independent libraries to be strategic in intercepting the audience of actual and potential readers.<\/p>\n
In 2017 almost a quarter of respondents (24.7%) were part of an association of publishers. The main reason for joining a publishers\u2019 association was the possibility of being informed and updated on the regulatory and commercial news of the sector.<\/p>\n
For about 40% of publishers the main factors that determined the modest propensity to reading in our country were the low cultural level of the Italian population (42.6%) and the lack of effective educational policies for reading education (38.4%).<\/p>\n
To encourage the development of the publishing sector, about 40% of active operators identified the need to increase readership initiatives and campaigns aimed to improve reading education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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