National Statistical Institute

'Education and Culture Statistics' Department

David Milanov

Chief Expert

2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria

[email protected]

+ 359 2 9857 602

The data of the survey refers to issued books, pamphlets and digital editions, continuing editions (newspapers, magazines, bulletins and periodical collections) and other continuing editions (including reports, annuals, directories). The survey included indicators for the number of titles - total and separately for books and pamphlets, their annual circulation, annual and single circulation of newspapers, magazines, bulletins and periodical collections. The average circulation of a book and pamphlet separately.

· Universal Decimal Classification (UDC);

· Target group;

· Publishers by form of ownership;

· Newspapers by type;

· Newspapers by periodicity;

· Nomenclature of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS).

Cover activities of the publishing houses and the private editorial offices.

Book is non-periodical publication of at least 49 pages, exclusive of the cover pages, published in a particular country and made available to the public.

Pamphlets - non-periodical printed publication of at least five but not more than 48 pages, exclusive of the cover pages, published in a particular country and made available to the public.

Circulation - total number of copies of a publication, printed from a single title.
Newspaper - publication which contains news for current events of special or common interest, the individual parts of which are listed chronologically or numerically and appear usually at least once a week.

Periodical ? (magazine, bulletin and periodical collection) ? serial under the same title published at regular or irregular intervals, over an indefinite period, individual issues in the series being numbered consecutively or each issue being dated.

Title - each edition published in one or more volumes, which constitute an integral whole and whose number is established in advance.

Annual circulation - of a serial is the total number of copies of all copies a title for a year.

Single circulation - the average circulation of circulations of all appearance of one title per year.

Units of observation are publishing houses and the editorial offices operating in the territories of Bulgaria.

The target population are all publishing houses and the editorial offices of newspapers and magazines.

For the Republic of Bulgaria.

2005 - 2018

Not applicable.

Number, thousands.

Yealy.

· Law on Statistics;

· ISO/CD 9707 - UNESCO;

· Information and documentation - international library statistics BDS en is 2789.

There are agreements to exchange data with:

· Ministry of Culture;

· The National Library 'St. St. Cyril and Methodius'.

· Law on Statistics;

· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.

The date for publication of statistical information is listed in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

Data is published on the NSI website, section Culture, in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.

Annual.

Regular press release, related with the data.

· Book publishing and press;

· Statistical Yearbook;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· 'Bulgaria' (brochure);

· Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Data on publishing activity - books, newspapers and magazines are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Culture - Publishing activities - books, newspapers and magazines: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4551

Anonymised individual data can be provide for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes.

Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services to NSI.

Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Culture_1_Methodology_en.pdf

Quality documents are under preparation.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

The main users of statistical information by the survey of publishing activity are:

· Ministry of Culture;

· The National Library 'St. St. Cyril and Methodius';

· End users  (including the media) interested from publishing activity in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Not applicable.

High degree of completeness is ensured according to the methodology.

The survey is exhaustive. There have been several estimates for incomplete or missing data, using final methods when possible. Estimates are considered plausible.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

The data for publishing activity are available in the form of tables 6 months after the end of the data collection.

The terms of the previous position are strictly observed.

Not applicable.

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Not applicable.

Not applicable.

No information.

Not applicable (preliminary data not published).

Not applicable (preliminary data not published).

The National Library "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" is source of the data on publishing activity.

Yearly.

The data are from administrative source.

In the head office of the NSI is being done:

· The logical control of micro data;

· The logical control of aggregate data.

Data processing is performed with statistical software SPSS.

Not applicable.