Italy: comparison in number of active publishers 1990-2016
This statistic represents a comparison between the number of publishing houses in Italy in 1990 and 26 years later, in 2016. According to the study results, in 1990 there were 2540 active publishers in Italy. This figure had nearly doubled by the end of 2016, when 4605 active publishing houses were registered. Publishing houses are thus growing despite the decreasing number of Italian readers.