FGEE Press Release

The Bologna Fair was held from March 26 to 29. Big participation of Spain in the largest International Children's and Youth Literature fair. Participation: Up to 57 publishers and literary agencies participated in this 55th edition of the Italian fair to show the strength of the Spanish sector.

Children and young adults books billed 277 million euros in 2016, which represented an increase of 7.1 percent over the previous year.

In Spain, the publishing industry annually moves more than 3,000 million euros, and employs, directly and indirectly, more than 30,000 people. The 840 publishing companies grouped in the FGEE represent about 97% of the turnover of the sector and throughout 2016 they published more than 224 million copies and 81.496 titles, with an average print run of 2,749 copies per title.

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