She co-manages the Council's adolescent
program, being responsible in particular for a multi -country program
of research in the Policy Research Division. PR Contact: Melissa May 212-339-0525
mmay@popcouncil.
Meanwhile, university presses enjoyed increases in almost all
categories, with only philosophy and psychology experiencing
significant declines.76; adult fiction trade paperbacks increased
7 cents to $14.com/bookwire/trade.

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On average, fertility has
decreased to less than three children per woman.
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ADVISORY /Experts Available to Discuss Fertility in Developing Countries

Publishers are betting that the reading public, exhausted by four
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Some of his recent articles include:
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on that subject in several countries: Egypt, Pakistan, and South
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5%.
New juvenile titles continued to rise in 2004, increasing 6.5%, a fraction of the increase seen from U.com/bookwire/university ."

Other interesting statistics from Bowker include the following:

11,458 new publishers registered with the U.BooksInPrint.

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U.S. Book Production Reaches New High of 195 000 Titles in 2004; Fiction Soars

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Adult fiction now accounts for 14% of all titles published
in the U .52;
adult fiction hardcovers held steady at $25.S.

4,040 books were translated into English from another
language, a decrease of 8. Book
Production is available on Bookwire, Bowker 's portal to the book
trade, at www.

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Novels published by the large trade houses averaged 359 pages
in 2004, a growth of 24 pages since 1995, and 43 pages since
1990.

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Population Division shows, for the
first time, women in developing countries are having less children,
according to an article by Reuters.----Bowker, the
leading provider of bibliographic information in North America, today
released statistics on U.08; and adult non-fiction
hardcovers decreased 29 cents to $28. Adult trade paperbacks
increased 11 cents to $15.bookwire.

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Experts say the decrease
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to $7.09. ISBN Agency in
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Bongaarts has worked at the Population Council since 1973. Lloyd is the director of social science research in the
Policy Research Division of the Population Council .
The catalyst for growth in 2004 was adult fiction, which reversed
a three-year plateau and increased a staggering 43.
University presses increased their title output 12. Among adult non-fiction
categories , religion, travel and home economics enjoyed the largest
increases, while education, history, science and biography suffered
the steepest declines.S.
In 2004, the average suggested retail price for adult hardcovers
released by the largest trade houses decreased 10 cents to $27.
Additional information , including charts to download, can be found
at: http://www.6 million U.

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. The report reviews
population trends in 192 developing nations. He recently
served as chairman of the Panel on Population Projections of the
National Academy of Sciences .businesswire.1%, to 25,184 new
titles and editions, the highest total ever recorded for that
category .html
"2004 marked a return to pre-9/11 patterns of publishing," said
Andrew Grabois, senior director of publisher relations and content
development for New Providence, N.J. "The historic
increase in fiction, and the high double-digit growth of the religion,
personal development, domestic arts , and travel categories, point to a
seismic shift in the marketplace from the political to the personal ., the
nation's largest bookseller, as the database of record for its stores
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title output in 2004 increased by 14% to 195,000 new titles
and editions, reaching another all-time high .
The number of new titles released by the largest trade houses
increased 5. The average list price for juvenile hardcovers increased 26
cents to $16.

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John Bongaarts is the vice president of the policy research
division for the Population Council. Massey, of the University of Pennsylvania,
Population Studies Center, can share his expertise on sociology,
population and demographics. book publishing compiled from its Books In
Print(R) database.3% to 14,484,
reversing a 4.6% to
21,516, a new high for that category.78; adult non-fiction trade paperbacks increased 15
cents to $16.
Books In Print data represents input from 81,000 publishers in the
U. Summary statistics for U.S.

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