SALES
520,916 items were sold through the Welsh Books Council's Distribution Centre in 2016/17, amounting to £3.9 million (gross).
Titles were distributed to over 800 outlets on behalf of 350 publishers.
EDITORIAL SERVICES
The Editorial Department dealt with 147 manuscripts during the year on behalf of 15 publishers.
DESIGN SERVICES
The Department provided design services for 105 titles from 12 publishers.
SERVICES TO SCHOOLS
Schools Project
The Council's three Schools Officers visited a total of 393 schools and collected orders amounting to £380,002.
OUTREACH SCHEME
Booksellers arranged 335 sales opportunities under the Outreach Scheme and books worth £140,383 were sold.
DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLISHING GRANTS
The Council distributed a total of £670,322 towards the publishing of English-language books and magazines; 74 books were supported together with 5 magazines from the Literature Grant. In addition, 15 books which had received author advance grants were published, and 21 marketing grants were distributed.
A total of £1,633,550 was distributed towards the publishing of Welsh-language books and magazines and other material, including games and electronic material (such as e-books) as well as the online news serivce (referred to below). 228 books were supported, and 15 magazines. Payments to authors and illustrators amounted to £297,797, and a sum of £25,976 was distributed to booksellers.
An extension to the additional funding of £200,000 from the Welsh Government was given to Golwg Newydd to continue the online news service, Golwg 360.