The total circulation of books and brochures, released in the first half amounted to 238 342 000 copies, Which is 3, and 39% less than in the same period in 2013, when the draw was 246 430 abs. the number of issued for 6 months of current year books and brochures was 58 127 printed units (last year - 59 060), among them 47 642 titles of books and 10 485 - brochures, Which is 1, 61% less than in 2013. bound promulgated 621 17 editions, that is 9, 6% less than in 2013 (in the first half of the year edition was 19 328), their Total circulation was 81 612 000 against 91 160 000 copies in 2013, showing a drop of eleven, 7 %. in the cover published 40 506 (in 2013 - 39 732) printed units, the growth amounted to 1, 9 %. This pathirana growth at 0, 9 %, the Total circulation of books and brochures in the cover amounted to 156 729 000 copies. With respect to the classification of the publication of the books, the picture of the different types of publications the following. New publications for first half released 48 918 items, is at 0, 4% less than in 2013