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Book Production
Number of titles: Number of titles of non-periodic printed publications (books and pamphlets) published in a particular country and made available to the public. Unless otherwise stated, statistics on titles refer to both first editions and re-editions of books and pamphlets. It should be noted that in cases where the class breakdown does not add up to the total, this is due to the fact that certain types of books (children's books, school textbooks, government publications or others) included in the total are not broken down according to the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC).
Title: Term used to designate a printed publication which forms a separate whole, whether issued in one or several volumes. Different language versions of the same title published in a particular country should be considered as individual titles.
Book: Non-periodic printed publication of at least 49 pages exclusive of the cover pages, published in the country and made available to the public.
Pamphlet: Non-periodic printed publication of at least 5 but not more than 48 pages exclusive of the cover pages, published in the country and made available to the public.
First edition: First publication of an original or translated manuscript.
Re-edition: Publication distinguished from previous editions by changes made in the contents (revised edition) or layout (new edition) and which requires a new ISBN.
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