LA INDUSTRIA DEL LIBRO EN CHILE

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Chile
Information on the economy in Chile.
Area: 756,626 sq km Population: 16.8 m (2008) Gross Domestic Product: (Billion pesos-chil/billion US$)
2007: 85.6 pesos-chil (163.9 US $)
Forecast 2008: 92.3 pesos-chil (181.5 US $)
Forecast 2009: 98.3 pesos-chil (171.2 US $)
GDP per capita: 5.2 pesos-chil (9.884 US$)
Forecast 2008: 5.5 pesos-chil (10.814 US $)
Forecast 2009: 5.8 pesos-chil (10.081 US $)
Exchange rate (October 2008): 1 euro = 828.71 pesos-chil Rate of inflation: 2007: 4.4 %
Forecast 2008: 8.9 %
Forecast 2009: 6.5 %
Unemployment: 2007: 7 %
Forecast 2008: 7.4 %
Internet users: 2007: 335 (per 1,000 of population)
(Source: bfai – Bundesagentur für Außenwirtschaft, as of November 2008)

Information on the book production in Chile
Title production by year
3,908 new titles were published in Chile in 2008. This represents an increase of 4.97 % in comparison to 2007.
New publications in Chile 2000 - 2008
Year
Number of registered titles
Compared to previous year
2000
2,420
– 5.28 %
2001
2,582
+ 6.69 %
2002
2,853
+ 10.50 %
2003
3,420
+ 19.87 %
2004
3,151
– 7.86 %
2005
3,565
+ 13.14 %
2006
3,541
– 0.67 %
2007
3,723
+ 5.14 %
2008
3,908
+ 4.97 %
Total
29,163
(As of: 2008, source: Cámara Chilena del Libro)
Breakdown by subject groups
In the period from 2000 - 2008, literature led the field with a total of 9,078 titles, followed by education with 4,685 titles and technology with 2,454.
Breakdown by subject group 2008
Genre
Number of titles
Share in total production
General topics
173
4.43 %
Philosophy
130
3.33 %
Religion
120
3.07 %
Social sciences
310
7.93 %
Business
71
1.82 %
Law
275
7.04 %
Education
550
14.07 %
Folklore
22
0.56 %
Languages
52
1.33 %
Science
71
1.82 %
Technology
344
8.80 %
Art
323
8.27 %
Literature
1164
29.79 %
History
253
6.47 %
Other subjects
50
1.28 %
Total
3,908
(As of: 2008, source: Cámara Chilena del Libro)

Breakdown by genre 2008
Genre
Titles 2008
Share of total production
Share of subject area
Titles 2000–2008
Poetry
267
6.83 %
30.20 %
2,194
Short stories
243
6.22 %
27.49 %
1,884
Children's literature
215
5.50 %
24.32 %
1,136
Essays
159
4.07 %
17.99 %
1,388
Total
884
6,602
(As of: 2008, source: Cámara Chilena del Libro)
Publishing companies
86.9 % have their main office in the Region Metropolitana (Santiago de Chile). There are 11 big publishing companies, 131 medium-sized publishing companies and 1,843 smaller publishing companies. The 20 publishing companies which produce the most titles include Grupo Santillana, Random House Mondadori, LOM Ediciones and Grupo Editorial Norma. In 2008, the university publishers produced 381 titles, which meant that they accounted for 9.75 % of total production.
Translations
In 2008, 191 titles were translations, equivalent to 4.89 % of all published titles. Between 2000 and 2008, 1,147 titles were translated books, that is 3.94 % of the total of 29,145 publications.
Original
Translated into
Number of titles 2008
Number of titles 2000 - 2008
German
Spanish
18
60
French
Spanish
26
129
English
Spanish
62
355
Italian
Spanish
4
65
Spanish
English
58
361
Spanish
French
1
14
(As as: 2008, source: Cámara Chilena del Libro)
Reading habits
Country
Average number of books read per year
Chile
1
Japan
10
France
10
45 % of Chilean adults read no books at all. (Source: capital.cl)

Book exports
In 2008, Chile exported books to the value of 23.55 m US $. The main countries for these exports were Venezuela, Argentina and Mexico. From January to July 2008, exports were made up of 941,328 non-fiction and literature titles, 3,781,994 encyclopedias, 195,849 school textbooks (primary and middle school), 255,293 textbooks, 1,964,988 technical-scientific books and 365,095 children's books. (Source: ProChile, Gobierno de Chile/Servicio Nacional de Aduanas)
Book imports
From January to July 2008, 50,059,285 non-fiction books and literature were imported, as well as 1,269,244 encylopedias, 7,351,093 school textbooks (primary and middle school), 545,482 textbooks, 6,155,745 technical-scientific books and 2,800,501 children's books. (Source: Gobierno de Chile /Servicio Nacional de Aduanas)
Average book price
No information available
Fixed book prices
No information available
Copyright laws
National laws on authors' rights (Law 17.336, Law 19.166) National law for the protection of intellectual property
Funding programmes
The organisation "Consejo de la Cultura y las Artes" provides funding support for six projects in Chile • Funding programme for books • Funding programme for literature • Funding programme for libraries • Funding programme for general improvment • Funding programme for literary creativity • Support for distribution and communication (Source: Consejo de la Cultura y las Artes)
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Associations
Cámara Chilena del Libro www.cmaradellibro.cl
Asociación de Editores de Chile www.editoresdechile.cl

Trade fair participations in 2009
• Chile was featured as the national highlight at the 18th Havana International Book Fair (February) • Bogotá Book Fair (May) • Lima Book Fair (July) • Guadalajara Book Fair (November)
Book fairs
• Feria Internacional del Libro de Santiago Organiser: Cámara Chilena del Libro Exhibitors 2008: 800 Number of stands: 150 Events: 350 Floor area 2008: 6000 sqm Visitor total: 700 Next fair: 30 October to 15 November 2009 (Source: Chile Red de Oficinas Económicas y Comerciales de España en el Exterior)
• Feria Internacional del Libro Infantil y Juvenil Organiser: Cámara Chilena del Libro Dates: annually in early summer
Sources
Cámara Chilena del Libro Chile Red de Oficinas Económicas y Comerciales de España en el Exterior Periodico Capital ProChile Editores de Chile Consejo de la Cultura y las Artes As of: October 2009