The book market in Spain, the market’s publishers association reports, sees turnover growing by 5.1 percent, up 30.1 percent in 10 years.

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Having covered the 2024 Guest of Honor Italy program at Frankfurter Buchmesse this year, of course, Publishing Perspectives has been in touch with Madrid’s José Manuel Anta, managing director of the Federación de Gremios de Editores de España— the Spanish Book Publishers Federation.

Our specific interest here is in a quick look at the Spanish market two years after Spain’s own Frankfurt guest of honor year (2022). Much of the research the industry has done for the figures Anta has provided to us comes from the federation’s latest annual report, produced by Conecta.

Anta is well-known in the international book industry, of course, having preceded his tenure as managing director of the publishers’ federation–a post announced in July—with his years as general manager of the Federation of National Associations of Distributors of Editions, FANDE, and the International Publishing Distribution Association (IPDA)—both providing many chances over the years for Anta to speak at Frankfurt and in other international programs.