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World Book and Copyright Day: April 23, 2023

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World Book and Copyright Day: April 23, 2023

Press Release Number CB23-SFS.55

From the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):

“World Book and Copyright Day is a celebration to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. Each year, on 23 April, celebrations take place all over the world to recognize the scope of books - a link between the past and the future, a bridge between generations and across cultures. On this occasion, UNESCO and the international organizations representing the three major sectors of the book industry - publishers, booksellers and libraries, select the World Book Capital for a year to maintain, through its own initiatives, the impetus of the Day’s celebrations.

“23 April is a symbolic date in world literature. It is the date on which several prominent authors, William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. This date was a natural choice for UNESCO's General Conference, held in Paris in 1995, to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone to access books.”

Key Stats

Source: 2020 County Business Patterns (CBP).

aff Table CB2000CBP, All Sectors: County Business Patterns, including ZIP Code Business Patterns, by Legal Form of Organization and Employment Size Class for the U.S., States, and Selected Geographies: 2020, showing these 4 Codes:

Note: The table above is modified and cropped to list the five columns and four rows related to books. Click on the image for the full table.

More Stats

Source: 1992-2023 Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services

web 451211: Book Stores: U.S. Total, Sales - Monthly

Source: 2009-2023 Quarterly Financial Report (QFR)

web Publishing Industries, Except Internet: U.S. Total, Net Sales, Receipts, and Operating Revenues

Source: 2006-2023 Quarterly Services Survey (QSS)

web 5111: Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers: U.S. Total, Total Revenue
web 5111pt: Book, Directory and Mailing List, and Other Publishers: U.S. Total, Total Revenue

Source: 2018-2021 Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM).

aff Table AM1831BASIC04, Annual Survey of Manufactures: Summary Statistics for Quarterly Production Worker Payroll: 2018 - 2021, showing NAICS 32311, Printing

Source: 1978-2020 Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS).

aff Table BDSEAGE, Business Dynamics Statistics: Establishment Age: 1978-2020, showing NAICS 5111, Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers

Source: 2019 Nonemployer Statistics (NES).

aff Table NS1900NONEMP, All Sectors: Nonemployer Statistics for the U.S., States, Counties, Metropolitan Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas; and by Legal Form of Organization and Sales, Value of Shipments, or Revenue Size for Selected Geographies: 2019, showing 2 Codes:
  • NAICS 45121, Book Stores and News Dealers 
  • NAICS 511, Publishing Industries (Except Internet)

Source: 2017 Annual Business Survey (ABS) Program.

aff Table AB1700CSA01, Annual Business Survey: Statistics for Employer Firms by Industry, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status for the U.S., States, Metro Areas, Counties, and Places: 2017, showing NAICS 45121, Book stores and news dealers, and NAICS 51113, Book Publishers.

Source: 2017 Economic Census.

aff Table EC1700BASIC, All Sectors: Summary Statistics for the U.S., States, and Selected Geographies: 2017, showing these 4 Codes:
  • NAICS 323117, Books Printing
  • NAICS 45121, Book Stores
  • NAICS 5111, Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers
  • NAICS 51113, Book Publishers

From Census.gov  /  Library:

web America Counts: Stories about Education
web America Counts Story: Don't Turn the Page on Bookstores (December 2021)

From Census.gov  /  Our Surveys & Programs  /  Statistics in Schools: 

web Activities: English Worksheets
web Activities: English Worksheets: "To Kill a Mockingbird": An Introduction to 1930s America
web Resources/Games: Statistics in Schools Story Book: Everybody Counts!

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Related Information

web American Booksellers Association
web American Library Association
web Association of American Publishers
web Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Writers and Authors
web Library of Congress, Search Books/Printed Material
web Library of Congress, Read.gov
web The Independent Bookseller, Statistics
web U.S. Copyright Office
web U.S. Government Bookstore
web United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): World Book Capital Network
web United Nations: World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April
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