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FINANCIAL DATA

The Book Publishers Survey was conducted for both the 2001-02 and 2002-03 reference years. The value of the operating profit before tax increased by 76% over this period, from $50.2m in 2001-02 to $88.4m in 2002-03. This led to an increase in the profit margin from 3.3% to 5.6%.

11.2 BOOK PUBLISHERS(a), Income and expense items - 2001-02 and 2002-03
		2001-02	2002-03
		$m	$m
Income
	Sales of books
	Australian titles	853.8	877.0
	Imported titles	503.0	492.4
	Total	1 356.8	1 369.4
	Sales of other goods	59.6	73.9
	Other sources of income	126.3	135.3
Total income		1 542.7	1 578.6
Expenses
	Wages and salaries	249.6	248.6
	Royalties and fees paid	93.5	102.3
	Other expenses	1 117.3	1 136.8
Total expenses		1 460.4	1 487.7
Operating profit before tax		50.2	88.4
(a) Includes businesses not predominantly involved in book publishing but with $2m or more of book publishing income.
ABS, Book Publishers, 2002-03 (cat. no. 1363.0).

Comparative financial data for the period 2000-01 to 2002-03 is available from the Book Retailers Survey. Bookshops recorded fairly stable performance in terms of sales over this period, although the operating profit before tax fluctuated, with the profit margin declining from 3.6% in 2001-02 to 2.0% in 2002-03.

11.3 BOOKSHOPS(a), Summary of Operations - 2000-01 to 2002-03
		2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
		$m	$m	$m
Income
	Retail sale of new books(b)	933.6	957.4	947.3
	Other retail sales	66.5	104.6	98.5
	Other income	24.7	33.4	27.6
Total income		1 024.8	1 095.4	1 073.5
Expenses
	Purchase of new books	602.1	604.6	590.1
	Wages and salaries	140.8	149.0	145.8
	Other	274.6	322.8	321.5
Total expenses		1 017.5	1 076.4	1 057.4
Operating profit before tax		22.8	39.0	21.3
(a) Includes only those businesses which are classified according to the ANZSIC as Newspaper, book and stationary retailing and for which the value of new book sales comprises at least 50% of all retail sales.
(b) Includes electronic and audio books.
ABS, Book Retailers, Australia, 2002-03 (cat. no. 1371.0).

The ABS Cultural Funding by Government collection reported that the Australian, state and territory governments contributed a total of almost $30m towards Literature and print media in 2002-03, an increase of more than 16% over the previous year.

11.4 CULTURAL FUNDING BY GOVERNMENT, Literature and print media - 2000-01 to 2002-03
	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
	$m	$m	$m
Australian government	22.8	21.9	25.4
State and territory government	4.3	3.6	4.3
Total	27.1	25.5	29.7
ABS, Cultural Funding by Government, Australia, 2002-03 (cat. no. 4183.0).