Encouraged by rebounding disposable income and corporate profit, private and professional consumers increased their demand for Spanish-language books during the past five years, spurring revenue growth by 1.0% per year on average, to total just over $1.2 billion in 2014, according to an US industry market research report now available from IBISWorld.

“A consistently growing native Spanish-speaking population in the United States has contributed to this growth, as has the industry's diverse product lines, which include Spanish and English as a second language textbooks, as well as both translated and natively Spanish-language fiction and nonfiction works. Textbook publishing has been particularly instrumental in improving industry profit margins, because textbooks are more consistently necessary, contain value-added content and can be sold for a premium price.” Read the complete story here.