近日英國《書商》、美國《出版商周刊》和德國《書業報告》3家業內權威雜誌聯合發佈了《全球出版業排名》，排名顯示，2008年英國培生集團以50.44億歐元的年收入位居排行榜首位，成為全球最大的圖書出版商。

據報導，從排行榜中可以看出，與2007年相比，作為企鵝集團母公司的培生集團代替了湯姆森路透集團，排名第一；里德-愛思唯爾上升兩位，位居第二；而藍燈書屋母公司貝塔斯曼則從前三跌出，下滑至第五名。唯一上榜的中國出版商──高等教育出版社以2.58億歐元位居第39位，比2007年上升6位。報導說，受國際金融危機影響，2008年的全球出版業環境每況愈下，許多出版商不得不選擇重組或撤資。因此，在排行榜10強中只有少數幾家出版商年收入實現了顯著成長。其中培生集團增幅為5%，里德-愛思唯爾為9%。可是比起西班牙的星球集團（Planeta）兩者就相形見絀了。由於星球集團收購了法國第二大出版商埃迪蒂（Editis），因此，該集團上年收入成長高達76%。在排行榜中，許多集團依靠內部重組和併購活動實現了當年收入的顯著提升，反映在排行榜中，則是排名的大幅上升。約翰‧威立父子集團（John Wiley & Sons）在2007年收購了布萊克威爾出版公司，從而成為本年度50強中最大的贏家之一。兒童出版商艾閣蒙（Egmont，埃格蒙）在2008年將旗下所有兒童出版業務整合並成立新的分公司，這種結構變化極大地提升了集團的排名，使其從上年的第51位躍至第23位，並一舉超過本地區競爭對手邦尼（Bonnier）集團。

經營慘澹困境重重成普遍現象

在全球大眾出版商中，星球集團和培生集團所顯現出的成長態勢並不多見。2006-2008年，前十大大眾出版商的總收入下降了7%。

在2007年的10強中，霍頓-米夫林-哈考特（Houghton Mifflin Harcourt）經營慘澹，讀者文摘集團則困境重重，因此到了2008年兩者均跌出10強，讀者文摘集團更是從第8位跌至第21位。取而代之的是星球集團和美國著名兒童出版商學者出版集團（Scholastic Inc.又稱學樂出版集團）。

貝塔斯曼是全球十大出版商中收入降幅最大的出版商之一，下降的主要原因是其取消了在美的圖書俱樂部業務，同時旗下藍燈書屋的收入也下降了6%。而讀者文摘集團的圖書銷售年降幅超過了50%，再加上公司不斷重組，因此排名下跌了13位。

國別比例保持穩定總體趨勢明朗

從本年度全球圖書出版商50強排行榜的國家構成中可以看出，有32家出版商的母公司位於歐洲，其中英國有5家，德國有10家。在歐洲之外，母公司設在美國的有8家，日本有7家。這一比例自去年開始基本保持穩定。

本排行榜編者、奧地利著名出版顧問羅蒂格爾．維辛巴特（Wischenbart）認為，整體看來，全球出版業的大趨勢還是很明朗的。過去的2008年，可以算是全球圖書出版業過渡、調整的一年。傳統的綜合性出版和圖書主導地位逐漸減弱，創新空間不斷擴大，並帶來更多的競爭。與此同時，數位化也更多地滲入到圖書出版，大眾出版亦不例外。

2008全球出版50强
2008/2007/Company name Parent company/group Nationality/2008(m)/2007(m)/2006(m)
1 2 Pearson/Pearson UK/5,044/4,812/5,616
2 4 Reed Elsevier/Reed Elsevier/UK/NL/US/4,586/4,217/5,851
3 1 Thomson Reuters/The Woodbridge Company Ltd/Canada/3,485/4,998/–
4 5 Wolters Kluwer/Wolters Kluwer/NL/3,374/3,413/3,693
5 3 Bertelsmann/Bertelsmann/Germany/2,980/4,392/4,612
6 6 Hachette Livre/Lagardere/France/2,159/2,130/1,975
7 7 McGraw–Hill Education/McGraw–Hill/US/1,794/1,853/–
8 13 Grupo Planeta Grupo Planeta/Spain/1,760/1,000/1,015
9 10 De Agostini/Editore Gruppo De Agostini/Italy/–/–/1,668
10 11 Scholastic/Scholastic Corp/US/1,499/1,493/–
11 9 Houghton Mifflin/Harcourt Education Media and Publishing Group/US/Cayman/Islands/1,393/1,712/–
12 12 Holtzbrinck/Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck/Germany/–/–/1,324
13 15 Cengage Learning/Apax Partners et al./UK/1,172/968/–
14 21 Wiley/John Wiley & Sons/US/1,139/846/–
15 14 Informa/Informa/UK/1,028/997/978
16 16 HarperCollins/News Corp US/AUS/944/923/–
17 18 Shogakukan/Shogakukan/Japan/927/901/–
18 20 Shueisha/Shueisha/Japan/902/852/–
19 19 Kodansha/Kodansha/Japan/886/885/908
20 17 Springer Science and Business/Media Cinven and Candover UK/Germany/Italy/France/880/906/924
21 8 Reader’s Digest/Ripplewood Holdings/US/756/1,843/–
22 23 RCS Libri/RCS Media Group/Italy/692/731/721
23 51 Egmont/Egmont Group/Denmark/Norway/644/176/200
24 25 Oxford/University Press Oxford University/UK/619/616/605
25 24 Bonnier/The Bonnier Group/Sweden/616/668/592
26 26 Simon & Schuster/CBS/US/583/607/–
27 27 Grupo Santillana/PRISA/Spain/580/560/489
28 31 Gakken/Gakken Co. Ltd./Japan/515/414/525
29 28 Mondadori/The Mondadori Group/Italy/434/445/440
30 30 Klett/Klett Gruppe/Germany/434/420/400
31 34 WSOY/Pub and Educational Publishing Sanoma WSOY/Finland/390/323/309
32 32 Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol Messagerie/Italiane/Italy/382/371/484
33 33 Cornelsen/Cornelsen/Germany/354/362/347
34 29 Kadokawa Publishing/Kadokawa Holdings Inc./Japan/333/433/622
35 35 Harlequin/Mills & Boon Torstar/Canada/316/320/313
36 36 Media Participations/Media Participations/Belgium/310/302/293
37 37 Les Editions/Lefebvre–Sarrut Frojal/France/309/296/263
38 39 Marvel/Marvel Entertainment Inc./US/284/273/–
39 45 Higher Education Press/Higher Education Press/China (PR)/258/–207
40 42  Westermann/Verlagsgruppe Medien Union/(Rheinland–Pflaz Gruppe)/Germany/247/242/234
41 43 La Martinière Groupe/La Martinière Groupe/France/242/237/228
42 40 Langenscheidt/Langenscheidt/Germany/242/263/260
43 38 Groupe Gallimard Madrigall/France/241/290/238
44 41 Weka/Weka Firmengruppe/Germany/221/244/252
45 New Perseus/Perseus/US/204/–/ –
46 49 Bungei/Bungei/Japan/196/192/–
47 48 Shinchosha/Shinchosha/Japan/189/192/–
48 50 Haufe Gruppe/Haufe Gruppe/Germany/186/180/164
49 52 MairDuMont/MairDuMont/Germany/175/175/165
50 46 Weltbild/Verlagsgruppe Weltbild GmbH/Germany/175/206/231

2007年全球出版業銷售收入排名

Rank/Publishing Company(Group or Division)/Parent Company/Parent Country/2007 $ Revenues/2006 $ Revenues
1.Thomson/The Woodbridge Co. Ltd./Canada/7,296.73/6,641.00
2.Pearson/Pearson plc/UK/7,025.52/7,301.00
3.Bertelsmann/Bertelsmann AG/Germany/6,412.32/5,995.60
4.Reed Elsevier/Reed Elsevier Corp./UK/NL/6,156.82/7,606.30
5.Wolters Kluwer/Wolters Kluwer/NL/4,982.98/4,800.90
6.Hachette/Livre Lagardère/France/3,109.80/2,567.50
7.McGraw-Hill Education The McGraw-Hill Cos./US/2,705.38 2,524.00
8.Reader’s Digest Reader’s Digest/US/2,690.78 2,386.00
9.Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Education Media and Publishing Group Ltd. US/Cayman Islands/2,500.00 N/A
10.De Agostini Editore Gruppo De Agostini/Italy/N/A 2,435.28
11.Scholastic/Scholastic/US/2,179.78/2,283.80
12.Holtzbrinck/Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck/Germany/N/A/1,931.58
13.Grupo Planeta/Grupo Planeta/Spain/1,460.00/1,319.50
14.Informa/Informa plc/UK/1,455.04/1,271.14
15.Cengage Learning1(formerly Thomson Learning)/Apax Partners et al./Canada/US/1,413.95/N/A
16.HarperCollins/News Corp./US/1,347.14/1,312.00
17.Springer Science and Business/Media Cinven and Candover UK/Germany/Italy/France/1,322.76/1,201.20
18.Shogakukan/Shogakukan/Japan/1,315.19/N/A
19.Kodansha/Kodansha/Japan/1,291.45/1,180.92
20.Shueisha/Shueisha/Japan/1,242.46/N/A
21.John Wiley & Sons John Wiley & Sons US 1,235.01 1,044.19
22.Editis Wendel Investissement France 1,110.04 981.50
23.RCS Libri RCS Media Group Italy 1,066.97 937.82
24.Bonnier/The Bonnier Group/Sweden/975.00/769.56
25.Oxford University/Oxford University/UK/899.68/786.11
26.Simon & Schuster/CBS/US/886.22/807.00
27.Grupo Santillana/PRISA/Spain/817.60/635.44
28.Mondadori(book division)/The Mondadori Group/Italy/649.70/571.35
29.Kadokawa Publishing/Kadokawa Holdings Inc./Japan/631.81/808.60
30.Klett/Klett Gruppe/Germany/613.20/520.00
31.Gakken/Gakken Co. Ltd./Japan/605.00/682.89
32.Gruppo editoriale/Mauri Spagnol Messagerie Italiane/Italy/541.66/629.20
33.Cornelsen Cornelsen Germany 529.10 451.10
34.WSOY Publishing and Educational/Publishing Sanoma WSOY/Finland/470.85/401.70
35.Harlequin/Torstar Corp./Canada/467.44/407.03
36.Média Participations/Media Participations/Belgium/440.63/381.16
37.Les Editions/Lefebvre-Sarrut Frojal/France/432.74/342.29
38.Groupe Gallimard Madrigall/France/423.40/309.40
39.Marvel/Marvel Entertainment Inc./US/398.34/235.70
40.Langenscheidt/Langenscheidt/Germany/384.00/338.00
41.Westermann/Verlagsgruppe Medien Union (Rheinland-Pflaz Gruppe)/Germany/353.17/303.95
42.La Martinière Groupe/La Martinière Groupe/France/346.02/296.40
43.Kyowon/Kyowon/Korea/314.06/N/A
44.Higher Education Press Higher/Education Press China (PR)/N/A/301.65
45.Weltbild Verlagsgruppe/Weltbild GmbH/Germany/300.18/299.78
46.Bloomsbury/Bloomsbury/UK/298.28/N/A
47.Weka/Weka Firmengruppe/Germany/287.18/327.47
48.Shinchosha/Japan/280.13/N/A
49.Bungei/Japan/279.87/N/A
50.Haufe/Gruppe/Germany/262.80/239.44

2006年全球出版業銷售收入排名

Rank/Publishing Company (Group or Division)/Parent Company/Parent Country/2006 $ Revenues/2005 $ Revenues
1.Reed Elsevier/Reed Elsevier/UK/NL/7,606.30/7,217.60
2.Pearson/Pearson plc/UK/7,301.00/6,807.00
3.Thomson/Thomson Corp./Canada/6,641.00/6,173.00
4.Bertelsmann/Bertelsmann AG/Germany/5,995.60/5,475.60
5.Wolters Kluwer/Wolters Kluwer/NL/4,800.90/4,386.20
6.Hachette/Livre Lagardère/France/2,567.50/2,137.20
7.McGraw-Hill Education/The McGraw-Hill Cos./US/2,524.00/2,672.00
8.Reader’s Digest/Reader’s/Digest/US/2,386.00 2,390.00
9.Scholastic Corp./Scholastic/US/2,283.80/2,079.90
10.De Agostini Editore/Gruppo De Agostini/Italy/N/A/2,089.10
11.Holtzbrinck/Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck/Germany/N/A/1,594.84
12.Grupo Planeta/Grupo Planeta/Spain/1,319.50/N/A
13.HarperCollins/News Corporation/US/1,312.00/1,327.00
14.Houghton Mifflin/Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep/Ireland/1,054.73¹/1,282.10
15.Informa/Informa plc/UK/1,271.14/N/A
16.Springer Science and Business/Media Cinven and Candover UK/Germany/Italy/France/1,201.20/1,088.10
17.odansha/Kodansha/Japan/1,180.92/1,253.85
18.Shogakukan/Shogakukan/Japan/N/A/1,176.63
19.Shueisha/Shueisha/Japan/N/A/1,093.95
20.John Wiley & Sons/John Wiley & Sons/US/1,044.19/974.00
21.Editis Wendel/Investissement/France/981.50/1,008.96
22.RCS Libri/RCS Media Group/Italy/937.82/921.18
23.Oxford Univ./Press Oxford University/UK/786.11/858.65
24.Kadokawa Publishing/Kadokawa Holdings Inc./Japan/808.60/809.90
25.Simon & Schuster/CBS/US/807.00/763.00
26.Bonnier/The Bonnier Group/Sweden/769.56/N/A
27.Gakken/Gakken Co. Ltd./Japan/682.89/756.99
28.Grupo Santillana/PRISA/Spain/635.44/545.22
29.Messagerie/Italiane Messagerie/Italiane/Italy/629.20/N/A
30.Mondadori(book division)/The Mondadori Group/Italy/571.35/552.50
31.Klett/Klett Gruppe/Germany/520.00/458.12
32.Cornelsen/Cornelsen/Germany/451.10/450.97
33.Harlequin/Torstar Corp./Canada/407.03/449.54
34.WSOY Publishing and Educational/Publishing Sanoma WSOY/Finland/401.70/N/A
35.Médias Participations/Media Participations/Belgium/381.16/391.56
36.Les Editions/Lefebvre-Sarrut Frojal/France/342.29/293.80
37.Langenscheidt/Langenscheidt/Germany/338.00/N/A
38.Weka/Weka Firmengruppe/Germany/327.47/333.84
39.Groupe/Gallimard Madrigall/France/309.40/330.14
40.Westermann/Verlagsgruppe Medien Union(Rheinland-Pflaz Gruppe)/Germany/303.94/294.84
41.Kyowon/Kyowon/Korea/N/A/303.68
42.Weltbild Verlagsgruppe/Weltbild GmbH Germany/299.78/291.46
43.La Martinière Groupe/La Martinière Groupe/France/296.40/334.10
44.Higher Education Press/Higher Education Press/China(PR)/N/A/266.50
45.Egmont(book division)/Egmont International Holding A/S Denmark/260.00/232.70