The total number of books published in India increased 35.1% between 1997 and 2004, to 77,537, according to statistics released by the Federation of Indian Publishers. The most popular language for books remained Hindi, which accounted for about 27% of all books published, but the number of English-language books increased the fastest in the seven-year period, rising 50%. In all, the FIP tracked book output in 18 different languages.
Indian Book Publishing Output
1997—2004
| Language | 1997 | 2001 | 2004 | % Chg |
| Source: The Federation of Indian Publishers | ||||
| Hindi | 16,026 | 19,423 | 21,370 | 33.3% |
| English | 12,528 | 15,183 | 18,752 | 50.0 |
| Tamil | 5,879 | 7,125 | 7,525 | 30.0 |
| Bengali | 4,286 | 5,196 | 5,538 | 29.2 |
| Marathi | 4,259 | 5,161 | 5,475 | 28.5 |
| Telugu | 2,687 | 3,257 | 3,482 | 29.5 |
| Malayalam | 2,573 | 3,118 | 3,358 | 30.5 |
| Gujarati | 2,462 | 2,983 | 3,213 | 30.5 |
| Urdu | 1,626 | 1,972 | 2,172 | 33.5 |
| Kannada | 1,500 | 1,818 | 1,998 | 33.2 |
| Total | 57,386 | 69,549 | 77,537 | 35.1 |
