Cuban Book Industry by the Numbers

• 172 publishing houses. Most are small, belong to a University or research centre and publish just a few titles every year. 
  
• 30 major publishers:  14 belong to the Ministry of Culture: the rest belong to other ministries or NGOs. 
  
• 7 publishing houses are run by the Instituto del Libro; each specializes in a different genre, including Arte y Literatura, devoted to publishing foreign literature. 
  
• 2000+ books published per year collectively
  
• One major book distributor: the National Book Distributor, belongs to the Instituto del Libro.
  
• 300+ bookstores: at least one in each of the 169 municipalities. No matter how remote, each municipality has a bookstore; the larger ones have up to 15. 
  
• 48 bookstores in Havana alone, selling primarily Cuban books. One chain, Ediciones Cubanas – caters to tourists and sells foreign titles.