European Book World

Contents in Detail

"a wealth of information... extremely detailed and, thanks to the indexes, extremely accessible."
— Irish Library News

Geographic Coverage: The European Book World covers all of Europe and the former Soviet Union, from Greenland to Siberia, including the following 60 countries:

Albania, Andorra, Åland Islands, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belorussia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Channel Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldavia, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Yugoslavia.
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Types of Organisation:
There are three databases – Publishers, Libraries and Booksellers.

Fields shared by all the databases

Names:
main name, plus acronym, abbreviated or alternative name; translation of name into English (only for uncommon languages, and only if name does translate).

Addresses
Postal address: street address or PO Box; town; province/county; postcode; country
Telecommunications: telephone; fax; telex; E-mail; Internet address; other electronic communication systems (e.g. minitel)
Other addresses: actual physical address, if it differs from the postal address; additional addresses of the main organisation (not branches etc) e.g. Deliveries, Editorial department, Warehouse

Other fields
former name(s)
year established
number of employees
list of professional (book-related) associations to which the organisation belongs
subject specialisations (over 4,000) personnel and their job titles
Value Added Tax number
bibliography

Related organisations
parent organisation
associated organisation(s), eg other members of a group
subsidiary organisations
branch organisations, number of branches
book-related activities in addition to the main activity

"Where else could you possibly find such varied information so quickly?"
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Publishers' additional fields

Identification
ISBN prefixes
standard address number – where available
imprint names

Size
turnover (local currency)
no. of new titles each year
no. of titles in backlist

Organisation legal status
physical form of publications (eg hardback, paperback, colour illustrated, electronic, online)
Languages of publications

Sales
sales area – geographic
typical readers of publications
distributed by
represented by
distributors for
representatives for
book shop/show room details book club
number of book clubs

Financial
bank name
main bank account number
giro account number
VAT number

International activities
International co-productions
international rights
foreign book manufacture

Physical distribution
carrier's name & address
number of shipments per month
method of transport

Library additional fields

Identification
library type
library number if there is a national numbering system

Size information
number of qualified staff
annual budget
book budget
journal budget
number of volumes in stock
number of titles in stock
number of current periodicals
other holdings
special items

Acquisition information
depository copy: Library is an official depository: what must be deposited there
mandatory copy: job titles and Library must acquire publications of this type
part of the library that does the purchasing
acquisitions personnel
acquisitions department
external acquisitions organisation
sources of books
volumes added per annum

Admission & loan
opening hours
entry charge
admission criteria
main users
closed stacks
restrictions on loans

Library Facilities
facilities
on line database hosts
non-book materials for loan
foreign languages stocked
catalogue type (eg subject, author…)
type of classification system used for catalogue (eg Dewey Decimal, LC)
catalogue medium (ie physical format)

Inter-library activities
interlibrary loan
inter-library co-ordination activities
duplicate exchange scheme
co-operative acquisition scheme

Subject/Special collections
collection name
date collection established
subjects of collection
collection bibliography
collection cataloguing
collection volumes
collection periodicals
collection non-book holdings
collection special items
collection volumes added per annum
collection notes

Miscellaneous
Route (how to get there)
Access: parking, disabled access
Notes on the library buildings

Booksellers' additional fields

Activities
Main activity: eg Bookshop; Kiosk; Mail order; Retail; Wholesale; Representation; Importer; Exporter
Other (non-bookselling) activities: eg CTN (Cigarettes/Tobacco/Newspapers), Toys and Gifts; Publisher,…

standard address number – for countries that have them
route: how to get there
no. of employees
no. of employees in shop/sales
turnover (local currency)
% of turnover related to books
% of turnover related to book exports
no. of titles in stock
no. of volumes in stock
retail sales area (bookshops)
retail area (bookshops)
stock: anything special about the books stocked: e.g.: Reduced price; Bargain books; Secondhand, Antiquarian, Open University stockist
non-book materials: e.g. Music CDs; Multimedia; Greetings cards

Sales and Services
opening hours (normally in 24 hour time eg Mon-Fri 0930-1730)
services: in addition to books eg Delivery, Gift wrap, Customers' accounts, Library rebind, Out-of-print search
market: who they sell to i.e typical readers of publications. eg General trade; University; Children, Primary education
geographic sales area – where they sell
promotion methods – ie how they sell
special promotions for publishers

Buying
where they buy from (for importers) eg North America, Wales
who they buy from eg Publishers direct, wholesalers,…
normal commission % taken

Representation & Distribution
distributors for
representatives for

Financial/Legal
organisation legal status
bank name
main bank account number
giro account number
VAT number

Catalogue (This information is repeated for each catalogue)
Name of catalogue (eg O'Connor's Irish Books)
subject (eg current books from Ireland)
Typical readers
Number of catalogues circulated
number of new catalogues/year
Frequency of mailing – ie how often they are sent out
conditions of listing – how a publisher gets a book into the catalogue
Advertising: can a publisher advertise in the catalogue?

"The European Book World provides more information than its rivals"
— The Year in Reference