In 2018, two firms in Spain ranked among the world's biggest publishers of books in terms of revenue: Grupo Planeta and Grupo Santillana .[ 1] [ nb 1] in print in Spain, including 76,434 new titles.[ 4]
History
"The first Spanish press was set up in 1473 at Valencia , where the German trading company of Ravensburg had an important base.... Publishing flourished in the early period at Barcelona , Burgos , Zaragoza , Seville , and the university towns of Salamanca and Alcalá de Henares ."[ 5] [ 6] Prensa Española [es ] , and Prisa . As of 2013 there were 809 publishing enterprises.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization designated Madrid the 2001 World Book Capital .
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Notes
^ The same two also topped the list in 2016 in 2017.[ 2] [ 3]
References
^ "The World's 54 Largest Publishers, 2018" , Publishers Weekly ^ "World's 52 Largest Book Publishers, 2016" , Publishers Weekly , US, 26 August 2016^ "World's 54 Largest Publishers, 2017" , Publishers Weekly , US, 25 August 2017^ Federación de Gremios de Editores de España (2014), "Spanish book market data" (PDF) , IPA Country Report , International Publishers Association ^ "History of Publishing" . Britannica.com . Retrieved 20 November 2017 .^ "Instituto Nacional del Libro Español" . Datos.bne.es (in Spanish). Biblioteca Nacional de España . Retrieved 20 November 2017 .
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