Latvian ISBN Agency

<h2 id="publishers">Publishers</h2>
<p>As of 2004 the Latvian publishers' database comprises 1393 entries. About 400 publishers were active in 2003 and 180 have published only 1 title (50 of them are author-publishers). The National Library of Latvia has a local database of the publishers. A reference service from it is available.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
</p><p>The Latvian publishing output in 2006 was about 2500 titles, about 5 million copies in total. The average print-run of one title is just above 2 thousand copies. Only 3 publishers have published more than a hundred titles. Zvaigzne ABC is in the leading position with 300 titles. Other notable publishers are Jumava, Avots and Kontinents. Fiction dominates with 613 titles; <a href="/facts/Textbook/9sunkH2y">textbooks</a> 411 titles; science, research and popular scientific books 303 titles; children books and <a href="/facts/Comics/KeDK1haL">comics</a> 233 publications; popular issues 113 titles. The other types of publications do not reach 100 titles a year.
</p><p>There are 27 music publishers in Latvia.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080411182317/http://www.lnb.lv/lv/izdevejiem/isbn/isbn-agentura">Latvian ISBN/ISMN agency site</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"The International ISBN Agency site". isbn-international.org. Archived from the original on 2007-07-31. Retrieved 2008-03-22. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070731115636/http://www.isbn-international.org/en/agencies/latvia.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070731115636/http://www.isbn-international.org/en/agencies/latvia.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Minutes of the ISBN Meeting of the Nordic/Baltic National Agencies" (PDF). isbn-international.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-24. Retrieved 2008-03-22. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070724062651/http://isbn-international.org/en/download/minutes%20nordic%20est%20version.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070724062651/http://isbn-international.org/en/download/minutes%20nordic%20est%20version.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"The International ISMN Agency". ismn-international.org. <a href="http://www.ismn-international.org/agencies/latvia.html" target="_blank">http://www.ismn-international.org/agencies/latvia.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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