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Number of books published in Ireland?

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  • 29-04-2013 12:12pm
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    bdo
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭


    Does anyone know how many books are published in Ireland in a given year? Need to know for a research project,

    Thanks

    bdo


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    Gryphonboy
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    Feckin' loads :P


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    EileenG
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    Are you counting number of titles? And if so, are you including school books and technical books? Or total number of volumes sold? And are you counting e-books?


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    bdo
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭bdo


    EileenG wrote: »
    Are you counting number of titles? And if so, are you including school books and technical books? Or total number of volumes sold? And are you counting e-books?
    Yes, the number of titles. No to including school books and technical books - I am focused on "creative writing" books (fiction/non-fiction etc). Yes, I would count e-books.

    I am not interested in volumes sold (i.e. book sales) - rather the number of books written and published.

    Thanks


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    hcass
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    I'm pretty sure The National Library of Ireland gets a copy of every book published in Ireland so they might be able to help you out.

    Here's a link to their contact page: http://www.nli.ie/en/contact-us.aspx


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    On The Run
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    bdo wrote: »
    Does anyone know how many books are published in Ireland in a given year? Need to know for a research project,

    Thanks

    bdo

    1099 in 2007 - 120 of which were in Irish. Researched it at the time for my MA.


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