R$2.21bn (US$1.1bn) 2011 books market in Brazil, FBF Guest of Honour in 2013
5.26% Year-on-year Brazilian books’ growth
6.63% Rate of infl ation in Brazil 2011
-1.23% Brazilian books decline as measured against infl ation
3,481 Bookshops in Brazil
19% Percentage of Brazilian shops part of a chain of fi ve or more stores
21.9% Percentage of shops that had turnover of less than R$1.2m in 2011
32.3% Percentage of shops that had turnover of less than R$1.2m in 2010
989 Bookshops in the state of São Paulo, Brazil’s most populous state
1 to 41,711 Ratio of shops to people in São Paulo
5 Bookshops in Roraima, Brazil’s least populous state
1 to 91,445 Ratio of shops to people in Roraima
88.9% Percentage of Brazilian booksellers who said they will be selling e-books and devices in the future who do not yet do so
Source: Associação Nacional de Livrarias’ annual survey of Brazilian bookselling 14 THE BOOKSELLER DAILY AT FRANKFURT | 11 OCTOBER 2012 thebookseller.com