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2,191 books and booklets published in Latvia in 2016
Augusts Zilberts,
a spokesman for the National Library of Latvia, told LETA that the statistical
report contained information on 497 publishers, of which 312, or 63%, only
published one book each.
Apgads Zvaigzne ABC
was Latvia’s leading publisher with a 20% market share in 2016. Jumava publishing
house was second with a 6% market share and Lauku Avize press publisher came
third with 3%.
Egmont Latvija, Jana
Rozes Apgads and Apgads Kontinents
each commanded 2 % of the Latvian publishing market.
The largest publishers by the number of copies printed were Apgads Zvaigzne ABC, Lauku Avize,
Lielvards, Jumava and Egmont Latvija.
The highest number of copies of a publication printed last
year was 40,000 and the smallest print run was just 10 copies, said Zilberts.