Publishing activity - books, newspapers and magazines

National Statistical Institute

'Education and Culture Statistics' Department

Eli Stefanova

Chief Expert

2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria

[email protected]

+ 359 2 9857 602

Data refers to issued books, pamphlets and digital editions, continuing editions (newspapers, magazines, bulletins and periodical collections) and other continuing editions (including reports, reference books). The survey includes indicators for the number of titles - total and separately for books and pamphlets, their annual circulation, annual and single circulation of newspapers, magazines, bulletins and periodical collections. The average circulation of a book and pamphlet separately.

· Universal Decimal Classification (UDC);

· Nomenclature of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS).

Cover the activity of publishing houses and private editorial offices.

Book is a non-periodical publication of at least 49 pages, issued in the country and made available to the public.

Pamphlet is a non-periodical printed publication of at least five but not more than 48 pages, issued in the country and made available to the public.

Circulation - total number of copies of a publication printed from a single title. Circulation “0” means a value less than half of the unit of measure.

Newspaper - publication which contains news for current events of special or common interest, the individual parts of which are listed chronologically or numerically and appear usually at least once a week.

Magazine is a continuing edition which is being published under the same title at regular or irregular intervals, over an indefinite period, each issue is numbered consecutively or is dated.

Official publications - reports and annual accounts of ministries, agencies and other state institutions.

Title - each edition published in one or more volumes, which constitutes a unified whole and which number is established in advance.

Annual circulation of a serial is the total number of copies of all releases of a title for a year.

Single circulation - the average circulation of the circulations of all issues of one title for the year.

Units of observation are publishing houses and the editorial offices operating in the territory of the country.

The target population are all publishing houses and editorial offices of newspapers and magazines.

Republic of Bulgaria.

2006 - 2023

Not applicable.

Number, thousands.

Yealy.

· Law on Statistics;

· ISO/CD 9707 - UNESCO;

· Information and documentation - international library statistics BDS en is 2789.

There are agreements to exchange data with:

· Ministry of Culture;

· The National Library 'St. St. Cyril and Methodius'.

· Law on Statistics;

· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.

In accordance to the dates defined in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

The calendar is available on the NSI website: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

Data is published on the NSI website, section Culture, in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.

Annual.

Regular press release, related with the data.

· Book publishing and press;

· Statistical Yearbook;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· 'Bulgaria' (brochure);

· Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Data on publishing activity - books, newspapers and magazines are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Culture - Publishing activities - books, newspapers and magazines: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4551 and Informational System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=214

Anonymised individual data can be provide for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes.

Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services to NSI.

Survey Methodology: https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Culture_1_Methodology_en.pdf

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Main users of statistical information on publishing activity are:

· Ministry of Culture;

· The National Library 'St. St. Cyril and Methodius';

· Other users  (including the media) interested in publishing activity in the Republic of Bulgaria.

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High degree of completeness is ensured according to the methodology.

The survey is exhaustive. There have been several estimates for incomplete or missing data, using final methods when possible. Estimates are considered reliable.

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Publishing activity data are available in form of tables 6 months after the end of the data collection.

The deadlines of the previous position are strictly observed.

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No information.

Not applicable (preliminary data not published).

Not applicable (preliminary data not published).

The National Library "St. St. Cyril and Methodius"

Yearly.

Administrative source of data.

In the NSI head office is performed:

· Logical control of micro data;

· Logical control of aggregated data.

Data processing is performed with statistical software SPSS.

Not applicable.