The electronic book publishing increased by 35% in 2009

The Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde, has ensured that the publication of books in electronic form in Spain increased by 35% in 2009, the year in which 375 million books published in traditional format, "more than a million a day including holidays.

Gonzalez-Sinde answered well in the full Congress to question the deputy Torres Mora, a Socialist Group in relation to the situation in the book sector in the context of current economic crisis.
According to the charge of Culture, "the book does, is an industry that stands between the sectors of our economy that have absorbed the best toughest stretch of the global crisis" and said he also excels in this sector "activating growth."

He emphasized the "ambition innovative" sector, as evidence, "he said in 2009 increased by 35% of the electronic book publishing, and stated that among the indicators that make it can afford" optimistic "the future of the book is the "vitality" of its production rate.

Thus, said the past year, "in full global recession," a new book was published in Spain every 6 minutes, "surpassing all expectations", which provides a result of publication of 375 million, "more than one million a day. "

It showed the "commercial strength" of the sector, and noted that, although there was a "slight decrease" in the export of booklets, Spain exports remained above the global figure, which fell 13, 6 average.

"In our country the number is closer to 342 million euros," said the minister, who said that this factor has "once again, a positive balance," and was convinced that Spain will continue in the coming years fourth power of the publishing world.
He said that although it is still early to count the exact number of sales counter in Spanish bookstores, "taking prudent to provisional data of the sector, rising between 5% and 8%," and added that the set of internal trade expectations "are identical" to those of 2008.

In addition, he alluded to a "key indicator" civic and economically, as is the habit of reading, and said "has never read so much as now in this country, we once again outperformed our read rates.