Italy: books circulation distribution by publisher 2018

This statistic shows the book circulation of publishers in Italy in 2018. According to data, only 53.1 percent of small publishers had a circulation of over five thousand copies, while about 12 percent of them had works with a circulation between 501 and a thousand copies. Overall, 62.7 percent of big publishers had a book circulation over five thousand copies, while only 3.4 percent of them published books with a circulation between 501 and a thousand copies.

Distribution of books circulation in Italy in 2018, by publisher category

Characteristic	Small publishers	Medium publishers	Big publishers
Up to 500 copies	11.4	13.3	2.6
Between 501 and 1000 copies	12	12.5	3.4
Between 1001 and 2000 copies	10.9	19.5	8.8
Between 2001 and 5000 copies	12.6	24.6	22.5
Over 5000 copies	53.1	30.2	62.7

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Release date

January 2020

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

2018

Supplementary notes

Publishers are classified according to the number of books published during the year in: "small publishers" = from 1 to 10 works; "medium publishers" = from 11 to 50 works; "big publishers" = more than 50 works.

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