Best-selling publishers of Tehran Virtual Book Fair were introduced
According to the Iran Book News Agency (IBNA), quoting the news headquarters of the 33rd Book Week of the Islamic Republic of Iran, during the 33rd Book Week, the latest sales statistics and a list of the top 50 best-selling publishers in the virtual section of the 36th Tehran International Book Fair, based on the number of copies sold, were published.
Based on these figures, Ghadiani Publishing topped the list with over 36,750 copies sold. Following it, Ma’aref Publishing Office secured the second position with 36,548 copies. Cheshmeh Publishing also stood in third place with sales of 32,578 copies.
In the subsequent ranks of this list, Kanoon Farhangi Amoozesh Ghalamchi (Ghalamchi Cultural Education Institute) with 29,654 copies and Porteghal Publications (affiliated with Happy Kids Land) with 27,846 copies managed to be among the top five publishers. After them, publishers such as Ofogh with 26,056 copies, Fanni Iran with 25,753 copies, Mehrsa with 25,391 copies, Soore Mehr with 23,545 copies, and Arjmand Book with 20,340 copies are ranked sixth to tenth, respectively. The presence of publishers from various fields including educational, children and young adults, academic, and religious among the top ten publishers indicates the diversity of audience tastes and the dynamism of the publishing market in the virtual environment.
Further down this list, names such as Milkan, Enghelab Eslami, Samt, Beh Nashr (Astane Quds Razavi), and Amirkabir are seen, each of which has played a significant role in recent years in offering general, academic, and cultural books. Kheili Sabz, focusing on textbooks, Ayin Fetrat and Zekr with religious and educational works, and the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults with its children’s and creative books, are among the publishers that have managed to establish a wide connection with various segments of society. The sales volume for this group of publishers, who ranked eleventh to nineteenth, is between 14,000 to 19,000 copies.
In the middle section of the table, publishers like Ketab Jamkaran, Negah, Shahid Kazemi, Danesh Mandegar Asr, Qoqnoos, Mahi, and Hoopa are placed, each representing a segment of the country’s cultural, fiction, and educational publishing market. In the virtual section of the 36th Book Fair, they sold between 12,000 to 14,000 copies of books, respectively. This diversity in subject and approach is a sign of the broad interests of Iranian readers in various fields; from fiction literature to humanities, religion, and psychology.
In the final section of this list, from rank 27 to 50, names such as Jamal, Mehrab Ghalam, Boostan Ketab, Niloofar, Payame Noor University, Laylat al-Qadr, Peydayesh, Mizan Ketabestan Marefat, Ketabak, Farhang Farda, Ariana Ghalam, Artin Teb, Fatemi, Noon, University of Tehran, Research Institute of Hawzah and University, Vazheh Pardaz Andisheh, Sales, Judiciary Press and Publications Center, Ganj, Esraa, Binesh No, and Ketab Mehraban Nashr are visible. This group sold between 6,000 to 10,000 copies. The presence of these collections, from specialized academic and religious publishers to independent publishers in the fields of humanities and children’s literature, demonstrates the wide scope of participation by publishing activists in the virtual exhibition and the public’s reception for buying books in the online space.
Overall, this year’s statistics indicate that publishers in the fields of children and young adults, education, and fiction literature accounted for the largest share of sales at the virtual book fair. This increasing trend in public reception of the virtual book fair indicates the growth of online book purchasing and reading culture and the expansion of access to cultural content across the country; a development that can draw a new face for cultural interaction and the promotion of reading in Iran’s digital space.
