the books for basic educationboth those destined for the open market and textbooks for the government, account for half of the publishing production of the country and are the second source of revenue for the industry.
Specifically in 2021, the volume participation of editions for basic education, between those sold to bookstores and schools and those sold directly to the State, was 50.4% and its turnover was 46.8 percent.
This sector has been the one that has pushed the still modest recovery of the Mexican publishing industry before and after the arrival of the covid-19 pandemic.
For their part, sectors such as books for teaching foreign languages and children’s books or story books, occupied the second and third positions that most contribute to the Mexican publishing industry.
