Publishers gain back up 12%

Sao Paulo-the Brazilian editorial market seen in fall 2015 1 12.63% real revenue, about 2014. As a result, the segment had the biggest retreat since at least 2004, the industry association said.
Last year, the sector''s revenue was R$ billion, compared with 5.23 revenues of 5.4 billion R$ in 2014. The evaluation of the sector is that the economic crisis caused the decline. The numbers are part of the survey of production and sales of the Brazilian publishing industry, released yesterday (1st) by the National Syndicate of Book Publishers (Snel) and the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL).
To the President of the CBL, Luis Antonio Torelli, the industry expected, since, in addition to the recession, the country is not traditionally marked by the habit of reading, being one of the items to be cut first, when the consumer needs to lower the Bills. Separately, sales in 2015 was 1.23 billion R$ in sales to the Government (fall of 0.86%) and $ 4 billion in sales to the market (3.99%) drop.
Sales
Already selling books fell 10.65 percent in 2015 compared to 2014. The indentation goes for sales to the Government (fall of 14.98%) as for sales to the market (8.19%) drop.
In 2014, 435.7 million copies were sold, down from 389.3 million last year.
According to the survey, the average price of the current book of the book grew 4.57% in 2015, representing an actual fall of 5.55%, if considered inflation during the period, according to the survey.