The study of the National Book Trade in Spain, which has been prepared by the company Conecta Research & Consulting, constantly analyzes data on the trade of Spanish publishing companies.

This analysis gives a good but unbalanced result, which forces the Federation of Publishers Guilds in Spain to follow the whole book world, since this particular study talks about the whole industry, not just the publishing sector.  In addition, they continue working on the promotion of reading and books.

The Spanish book sector registered a turnover of 2,439.93 million Euros in 2020, calculated by the cover price, VAT included, which represents a growth of 0.8% more than in 2019. Taking the circumstances we experienced, these percentages are considered a success.

On the other hand, and given the complexity of the world of books, not all subsectors have followed the same pattern, so it should be noted in the drop of 6.6% in the textbooks of mandatory education. Not taking this drop into consideration, the growth of the sector would be 4.6%, almost double than in 2019.

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