147 TITLES OF BOOKS TO BE PUBLISHED IN ARMENIA BY 2006 STATE ORDER
Noyan Tapan
Apr 17 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Within the framework of the 2006 state
order, it is envisaged to publish about 147 titles of childrens’,
popular scietific, encyclopedian, jubilee, translation and other
literature. About 135.4 mln drams (about 300 thousand U.S. dollars)
will be allocated from the state budget for that purpose. As the Noyan
Tapan correspondent was informed by Seyranuhi Geghamian, the Chief
of the Publishing Department of the Book Publishing Agency of the RA
Ministry of Culture and Youth Issues, publication of books dedicated
to the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide will continue this
year as well. According ti S.Geghamian, it’s envisaged to allocate
31 mln 730 thousand drams for publication of 62 titles of children’s
literature, 30 mln 596 thousand drams for 7 encyclopedian, 16 mln
391 thousand drams for 15 popular scientific, 11 mln 636 thousand
drams for 8 titles of jubilee, 21 mln 506 thousand for 17 titles of
translation and 24 mln 190 thousand drams for 38 titles of other
literature. According to S.Geghamian, the commission defining the
state order gives preference to publication of modern Armenian writers
and literature in translation. According to her, the commission gets
300-350 claims every year, 150-170 of which are affirmed. It was
mentioned that every year 1100-1200 titles of books are published in
Armenia, the average print run of which makes 500-1000 copies. But,
according to S.Geghamian, the most part of them is not sold the main
reason of what is high prices. For making literature published by the
state order available for readers, their prices are fixed considerably
low of their cost price.