Top 20 World Book Markets

1. U.S.
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2. Germany
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3. Japan
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4. UK
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5. France
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6. Spain
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7. South Korea
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8. Brazil
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9. Italy
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10. China
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11. Canada
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12. Australia
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13. Netherlands
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14. Belgium
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15. Mexico
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16. Switzerland
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17. Austria
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18. Russia
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20. Argentina
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$9,773,000,000
83,536,115
98%

$9,126,000,000
125,449,703
99%

$4,772,000,000
58,489,975
99%

$3,306,000,000
58,317,450
99%

$2,981,000,000
38,853,397
97%

$2,742,000,000
45,482,291
96%

$2,678,000,000
162,661,214
81%

$2,500,000,000
57,460,274
97%

$1,867,000,000
1,210,004,956
78%

$1,296,000,000
28,820,671
99%

$1,243,000,000
18,260,863
100%

$1,155,000,000
15,531,940
95%

$1,083,000,000
10,098,264
99%

$820,000,000
95,772,462
88%

$786,000,000
7,124,745
99%

$726,000,000
8,013,614
98%

$678,000,000
148,190,419
100%

$664,000,000
21,465,881
93.4%

$640,000,000
34,672,997
95%